Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - paradise

n. 1 (in some religions) heaven as the ultimate abode of the just. 2 a place or state of complete happiness. 3 (in full earthly paradise) the abode of Adam and Eve in the biblical account of the Creation; the garden of Eden. Derivatives paradisaical adj. paradisal adj. paradisiacal adj. paradisical adj. Etymology: ME f. OF paradis f. LL paradisus f. Gk paradeisos f. Avestan pairidaeza park