Kilo Lingo

/ˈpærədaɪs/

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Translation

A perfect and beautiful place; in some religions, the happy place where good people go after death.

Word origin

From Greek paradeisos, meaning a walled garden, which the Greeks took from Old Persian pairidaeza.

Origin
Old Persian
Root
pairidaeza

Examples

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We compare a beautiful place to paradise.

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Here it means a perfect place for a certain kind of person.

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This is the religious meaning, close to heaven.

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This word is part of lesson 51.