Hesperides

Meaning

Noun

  • A group of nymphs who tend a blissful garden in a far western corner of the world, located in Libya or the Atlas mountains in North Africa at the edge of the encircling Oceanus; they are said to be the daughters of Hesperus.
  • The garden of the Hesperides.
  • A paradisaical land of plenty, especially one in the far West.

Origin

  • From Latin Hesperides, from Ancient Greek Ἑσπερίδες.

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