Paradise : \Par"a*dise\, n. [OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr.
Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairida[=e]za an
inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. ?) _ diz to throw up,
pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. Parvis.]
1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed
after their creation.
2. The abode of sanctified souls after death.
To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. --Luke
xxiii. 43.
It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in
Paradise. --Longfellow.
3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight;
hence, a state of happiness.
The earth Shall be all paradise. --Milton.
Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision.
--Beaconsfield.
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.
5. A churchyard or cemetery. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss.
Fool's paradise. See under Fool, and Limbo.
Grains of paradise. (Bot.) See Melequeta pepper, under
Pepper.
Paradise bird. (Zo["o]l.) 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 ({Epimachin[ae]) 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 (Zo["o]l.), a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic
fish ({Macropodus viridiauratus) having very large fins.
It is often kept alive as an ornamental fish.
Paradise flycatcher (Zo["o]l.), any flycatcher of the genus
Terpsiphone, having the middle tail feathers extremely
elongated. The adult male of T. paradisi is white, with
the head glossy dark green, and crested.
Paradise grackle (Zo["o]l.), 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. (Zo["o]l.) See Whidah.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Paradise : \Par"a*dise\, v. t.
To affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to
bewitch. [R.] --Marston.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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">Verdex compiler, DEC compiler, Alsys/{Systeam compiler.
Version 2.0 of the library
ftp://cnam.cnam.fr/pub/Ada/Paradise)">(ftp://cnam.cnam.fr/pub/Ada/Paradise). E-mail:
.
(1992-09-30)
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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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 code(s): 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 code(s): 67658
Paradise, MI
Zip code(s): 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 code(s): 17562
Paradise, TX
Zip code(s): 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 code(s): 84328
Based on U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [Census_Database]:
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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."
Based on U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [Census_Database]:
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