[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

paradise \par"adise\ pa^r".adimacs, n. oe.  f.
   paradis, l. paradisus, fr. gr. para`deisos park, paradise,
   fr. zend pairida=eza an inclosure; pairi around akin to
   gr. peri` + diz to throw up, pile up; cf. skr. dih to smear,
   and e. dough. cf. parvis.
   1913 webster
   1. the garden of eden, in which adam and eve were placed
      after their creation.
      1913 webster

   2. the abode of sanctified souls after death.
      1913 webster

            to-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. --luke
                                                  xxiii. 43.
      1913 webster

            it sounds to him like her mother's voice,
            singing in paradise.                  --longfellow.
      1913 webster

   3. a place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight;
      hence, a state of happiness.
      1913 webster

            the earth
            shall be all paradise.                --milton.
      1913 webster

            wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision.
                                                  --beaconsfield.
      1913 webster

   4. arch. an open space within a monastery or adjoining a
      church, as the space within a cloister, the open court
      before a basilica, etc.
      1913 webster

   5. a churchyard or cemetery. obs. --oxf. gloss.
      1913 webster

   fool's paradise. see under fool, and limbo.

   grains of paradise. bot. see melequeta pepper, under
      pepper.

   paradise bird. zool. same as bird of paradise. among
      the most beautiful species are the superb lophorina
      superba; the magnificent diphyllodes magnifica; and
      the six-shafted paradise bird parotia sefilata. the
      long-billed paradise birds epimachinae also include
      some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired
      paradise bird seleucides alba, which is black, yellow,
      and white, with six long breast feathers on each side,
      ending in long, slender filaments. see bird of paradise
      in the vocabulary.

   paradise fish zool., a beautiful fresh-water asiatic fish
      macropodus viridiauratus having very large fins. it is
      often kept alive as an ornamental fish.

   paradise flycatcher zool., any flycatcher of the genus
      terpsiphone, having the middle tail feathers extremely
      elongated. the adult male of terpsiphone paradisi is
      white, with the head glossy dark green, and crested.

   paradise grackle zool., a very beautiful bird of new
      guinea, of the genus astrapia, having dark velvety
      plumage with brilliant metallic tints.

   paradise nut bot., the sapucaia nut. see sapucaia nut.
      local, u. s.

   paradise whidah bird. zool. see whidah.
      1913 webster
see also:
parvis fool's paradise fool limbo grains of paradise melequeta pepper 
pepper paradise bird bird of paradise lophorina superba diphyllodes magnifica 
parotia sefilata epimachinae seleucides alba paradise fish macropodus viridiauratus 
paradise flycatcher terpsiphone terpsiphone paradisi paradise grackle astrapia 
paradise nut sapucaia nut paradise whidah bird whidah 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

paradise \par"adise\ pa^r".adimacs, v. t.
   to affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to
   bewitch. r. --marston.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

paradise
     n 1: any place of complete bliss and delight and peace syn: eden,
           nirvana, heaven, promised land, shangri-la
     2: christianity the abode of righteous souls after death
see also:
eden nirvana heaven promised land shangri-la 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

166 moby thesaurus words for "paradise":
   agapemone, arcadia, avalon, big rock-candy mountain, canaan,
   celestial city, city of god, civitas dei, cloudcuckooland,
   cockaigne, eden, eldorado, elysium, erewhon, garden of eden,
   goshen, happy valley, indian reservation, japanese garden,
   land of beulah, land of youth, laputa, never-never-land, neverland,
   new atlantis, new jerusalem, pandemonium, quivira, shangri-la,
   utopia, valhalla, zion, alpine garden, arboretum, arcadia,
   archives, auditorium, balcony, bank, beatification, beatitude, bed,
   bewitchment, bird sanctuary, blessedness, bliss, blissfulness,
   bog garden, border, botanical garden, box, box seat, cheer,
   cheerfulness, cloud nine, cloudland, common, commons, delectation,
   delight, dreamland, dress circle, dry garden, dystopia, ecstasy,
   ecstatics, elation, elysium, empyrean, enchantment, exaltation,
   exhilaration, exuberance, faerie, fairyland, fauteuil, felicity,
   flower bed, flower garden, forest preserve, gaiety, gallery,
   game reserve, garden, garden spot, gladness, glee, grape ranch,
   grapery, happiness, happy hunting ground, heaven, heavenly kingdom,
   herbarium, high spirits, hortus siccus, intoxication, jardin, joy,
   joyance, joyfulness, kakotopia, kingdom come, kitchen garden,
   land of dreams, land of enchantment, land of faerie,
   land of plenty, land of promise, library, loge, lotus land,
   market garden, millennium, museum, national forest, national park,
   nigger heaven, nirvana, orchestra, orchestra circle,
   ornamental garden, overhappiness, overjoyfulness, park, parquet,
   parquet circle, parterre, peanut gallery, pinetum, pit, pleasance,
   pleasure garden, pleasure ground, preserve, promised land,
   proscenium boxes, public park, rapture, ravishment, reservation,
   reserve, rock garden, roof garden, sanctuary, seventh heaven,
   shrubbery, stall, standing room, state forest, store,
   sunken garden, sunshine, tea garden, theatre stall, transport,
   truck garden, unalloyed happiness, utopia, vegetable garden,
   victory garden, vinery, vineyard, wilderness preserve,
   wildlife preserve, wonderland

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

43 moby thesaurus words for "paradise":
   beulah, beulah land, heaven, land of beulah, a better place,
   afterlife, afterworld, better world, destiny, eternal home,
   eternity, fate, future state, glory, happy hunting ground,
   heaven above, heavenly kingdom, high heaven, home, kingdom come,
   kingdom of god, kingdom of glory, kingdom of heaven,
   life after death, life to come, next world, otherworld,
   postexistence, presence of god, realm of light, the promised land,
   the beyond, the good hereafter, the grave, the great beyond,
   the great hereafter, the happy land, the hereafter, the unknown,
   the world above, what bodes, what is fated, world to come

[6] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

paradise
     
        paradise is a subsystem a set of packages developed to
        implement inter-processes, inter-tasks and inter-machine
        communication for ada programs under unix. this subsystem
        gives the user full access to files, pipes, sockets both
        unix and internet and pseudo-devices.
     
        paradise has been ported to sun, dec, sony mips,
        verdex compiler, dec compiler, alsys/systeam compiler.
     
        version 2.0 of the library
        ftp://cnam.cnam.fr/pub/ada/paradise.  e-mail:
        .
     
        1992-09-30
     
     
see also:
ada unix pipe socket internet pseudo-device 
sun dec sony mips verdex alsys 
systeam lt;version 2.0 of the librarygt; 

[7] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

paradise
   a persian word pardes, properly meaning a "pleasure-ground" or
   "park" or "king's garden." see eden. it came in
   course of time to be used as a name for the world of happiness
   and rest hereafter luke 23:43; 2 cor. 12:4; rev. 2:7. for
   "garden" in gen. 2:8 the lxx. has "paradise."
   
see also:
eden 

[8] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

paradise, ca town, fips 55520
  location: 39.75641 n, 121.60433 w
  population 1990: 25408 11633 housing units
  area: 48.3 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 95969
paradise, ks city, fips 54325
  location: 39.11455 n, 98.91756 w
  population 1990: 66 36 housing units
  area: 0.7 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 67658
paradise, mi
  zip codes: 49768
paradise, nv cdp, fips 54600
  location: 36.08082 n, 115.13360 w
  population 1990: 124682 63924 housing units
  area: 123.4 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
paradise, pa cdp, fips 57840
  location: 40.00677 n, 76.12230 w
  population 1990: 1043 374 housing units
  area: 2.9 sq km land, 0.1 sq km water
  zip codes: 17562
paradise, tx
  zip codes: 76073
paradise, ut town, fips 57850
  location: 41.56761 n, 111.83321 w
  population 1990: 561 173 housing units
  area: 2.8 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 84328

[9] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

paradise, mt -- u.s. census designated place in montana
   population 2000:    184
   housing units 2000: 103
   land area 2000:     0.239980 sq. miles 0.621545 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.239980 sq. miles 0.621545 sq. km
   fips code:            56425
   located within:       montana mt, fips 30
   location:             47.388097 n, 114.800723 w
   zip codes 1990:    
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    paradise, mt
    paradise

[10] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

paradise, nv -- u.s. census designated place in nevada
   population 2000:    186070
   housing units 2000: 85398
   land area 2000:     47.138412 sq. miles 122.087922 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    47.138412 sq. miles 122.087922 sq. km
   fips code:            54600
   located within:       nevada nv, fips 32
   location:             36.082073 n, 115.124654 w
   zip codes 1990:    
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    paradise, nv
    paradise

[11] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

paradise, ca -- u.s. town in california
   population 2000:    26408
   housing units 2000: 12374
   land area 2000:     18.249112 sq. miles 47.264982 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000422 sq. miles 0.001092 sq. km
   total area 2000:    18.249534 sq. miles 47.266074 sq. km
   fips code:            55520
   located within:       california ca, fips 06
   location:             39.761708 n, 121.608716 w
   zip codes 1990:     95969
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    paradise, ca
    paradise

[12] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

paradise, pa -- u.s. census designated place in pennsylvania
   population 2000:    1028
   housing units 2000: 386
   land area 2000:     1.132943 sq. miles 2.934308 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.029187 sq. miles 0.075595 sq. km
   total area 2000:    1.162130 sq. miles 3.009903 sq. km
   fips code:            57840
   located within:       pennsylvania pa, fips 42
   location:             40.009469 n, 76.124781 w
   zip codes 1990:     17562
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    paradise, pa
    paradise

[13] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

paradise, ks -- u.s. city in kansas
   population 2000:    64
   housing units 2000: 36
   land area 2000:     0.254176 sq. miles 0.658313 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.254176 sq. miles 0.658313 sq. km
   fips code:            54325
   located within:       kansas ks, fips 20
   location:             39.115445 n, 98.917428 w
   zip codes 1990:     67658
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    paradise, ks
    paradise

[14] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

paradise, tx -- u.s. city in texas
   population 2000:    459
   housing units 2000: 184
   land area 2000:     1.988793 sq. miles 5.150949 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    1.988793 sq. miles 5.150949 sq. km
   fips code:            55056
   located within:       texas tx, fips 48
   location:             33.150683 n, 97.688311 w
   zip codes 1990:     76073
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    paradise, tx
    paradise

[15] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

paradise, ut -- u.s. town in utah
   population 2000:    759
   housing units 2000: 231
   land area 2000:     1.109917 sq. miles 2.874672 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    1.109917 sq. miles 2.874672 sq. km
   fips code:            57850
   located within:       utah ut, fips 49
   location:             41.567540 n, 111.833980 w
   zip codes 1990:     84328
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    paradise, ut
    paradise

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