English Explanatory Dictionary

Elysian Fields

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Elysium; home of the blessed, after death.
  2. A place or state of ideal happiness; paradise.

Pronunciation

/ɪˈlɪziən ˈfiːldz/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Elysian Fields.wav /ɪˈlɪʒən/ /ɪˈliʒən ˈfildz/

Word forms

Elysian Fields the Elysian Fields

Etymology

From Elysian + fields, as a calque of Latin Campī Ēlysiī, from Ancient Greek Ἠλῠ́σῐον Πεδῐ́ον (Ēlŭ́sĭon Pedĭ́on).

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