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Eden

Wikimedia disambiguation page

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ224780 ↗
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Eden (/ˈiːdən/ EE-dən) most often refers to:

Garden of Eden, the "garden of God" described in the Book of Genesis

Eden (/ˈiːdən/ EE-dən) may also refer to:

Places and jurisdictions

Australia

Eden, New South Wales, Australia

Electoral district of Eden, an electoral district in New South Wales

New Zealand

Eden (New Zealand electorate), a former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate

Maungawhau / Mount Eden, a dormant volcano

United Kingdom

Eden, County Antrim, a townland in Northern Ireland

Eden, three townlands in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland:

Eden, Dungiven parish

Eden, Learmount parish (County Londonderry portion)

Eden, Tamlaght O'Crilly parish

Eden, a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland

Eden District, a former local government district in Cumbria, England

River Eden, Cumbria, England

River Eden, Kent, England

River Eden, Fife, Scotland

Eden Water, a tributary of the River Tweed, Scotland

Afon Eden, Gwynedd, Wales, a river

United States

Eden, Arizona

Eden, Idaho

Eden, Peoria County, Illinois

Eden, Randolph County, Illinois

Eden, Indiana

Eden, Kansas

Eden, Kentucky

Eden (Gardner, Louisiana), a historic place

Eden, Maryland

Eden, Minnesota

Eden, Mississippi

Eden, New York, a town

Eden (CDP), New York, a census-designated place within the town

Eden, North Carolina

Eden, South Dakota

Eden, Texas

Eden, Utah

Eden, Vermont

Eden, Ohio County, West Virginia, an unincorporated community

Eden, Upshur County, West Virginia, an unincorporated community

Eden, Wisconsin, a village

Eden (town), Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, a town

Eden, Iowa County, Wisconsin, a town

Eden, Wyoming

Eden Township (disambiguation)

Elsewhere

Eden Rocks, Antarctica

Eden, Ontario, Canada

Eden River (Dominica)

Camp Eden, Iraq

Eden District Municipality, South Africa

People

Eden (given name), including a list of people

Eden (surname), a list of people

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

Eden (Aladdin), in Disney's Aladdin films

Eden Lord, in the television series Nip/Tuck

Eden Worlds, fictional planets in Dimension X in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise

Martin Eden, in the novel Martin Eden by Jack London

Eden McCain, a character in the American television series Heroes

Films

Eden (2001 film), a war drama by Amos Gitai

Eden (2006 film), a German romance

Eden (2012 film), a U.S. human trafficking drama by Megan Griffiths

Eden (2014 film), French drama by Mia Hansen-Løve

Eden (2015 film), a U.S. survival drama

Eden (2019 film), an Icelandic drama

Eden (2024 film), a survival thriller by Ron Howard

Literature

Eden (Fox novel), 2014, by Candice Fox

Eden (Lem novel), a 1959 science fiction book by Stanisław Lem

Eden, a 2007 Sandra Mahoney novel by Dorothy Johnston

Eden: It's an Endless World!, a 1997 manga series by Hiroki Endo

Eden (Eugene O'Brien play), 2001

Eden (Steve Carter play), 1976

Eden*, a 2009 visual novel by Minori

Publications

EDEN (magazine), an online manga magazine

Eden (newspaper), an English-language newspaper in Cameroon

Music

Performers

Eden (Australian band), a dark wave band

Eden (Israeli band), a vocal group

Eden (South African band), a boy band

Eden (Irish musician) (born 1995), Irish singer-songwriter and music producer, stylized as EDEN

Eden (Korean musician) (born 1988), Korean singer-songwriter and music producer

eden ahbez, stage name of American musician George Alexander Aberle (1908–1995)

Eden Alene (born 2000), Israeli singer known mononymously as Eden

Eden Kane, stage name of English singer Richard Sarstedt (born 1940)

Eden xo, stage name of American pop singer-songwriter Eden Wilson (born 1989)

Fiona Russell Powell (born 1962), British journalist and member of the 1980s pop group ABC (stage name "Eden")

Albums

Eden (Cupcakke album), 2018

Eden (Everything but the Girl album), 1984

Eden (Faun album), 2011

Eden (Luna Sea album), 1993

Eden (Sarah Brightman album), 1998

Eden, by Akino Arai, 2004

Eden, by Étienne Daho, 1996

Eden, by Vektroid recording as New Dreams Ltd., 2016

Songs

"Eden" (Hooverphonic song), 1998; covered by Sarah Brightman, 1998

"Eden" (Nana Mizuki song), 2015

"Eden", by Au5, 2019

"Eden", by Invent Animate from Greyview, 2020

"Eden", by Iron & Wine from Archive Series Volume No. 1, 2015

"Eden", by Phil Wickham from Heaven & Earth, 2009

"Eden", by Talk Talk from Spirit of Eden, 1988

"Eden", by Tesseract from One, 2011

Other uses in music

Eden Festival, a Scottish music festival

Television

U&Eden, UK and Ireland formerly Eden

Eden (New Zealand TV channel), New Zealand

Eden TV, Italy

Eden (1993 TV series), with Barbara Alyn Woods

Eden (2002 TV series), a British reality series

Eden (2016 TV series), a British reality series

Eden (2021 TV series), a Netflix original anime series

Eden (Australian TV series), a 2021 drama series

Brands, enterprises, and organizations

Eden (cheese), a Philippine brand of processed cheese

Eden Electronics, a bass amplification company

Eden Foods Inc., an independent American organic food producer

Eden Games, a video game developer

Eden Studios (recording facility), a recording studio

European Destinations of Excellence, a European organization promoting tourism

European Distance and E-learning Network, an international educational organization

Schools

Eden Theological Seminary, a Missouri-based seminary

Eden High School, St.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Eden” is wikimedia disambiguation page. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Eden, Wikimedia and disambiguation, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2001, 2006, 2012, 2014—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Eden, Wikimedia and disambiguation is the immediate research focus.
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