paradise
/ˈpær·əˌdɑɪs/, /-ˌdɑɪz/ n [U]Definition
› a place or condition of great happiness where everything is exactly as you would like it to be: His idea of paradise is to spend the day sailing. infml This place is a shopper’s/children’s/pickpocket’s paradise (= a place where the conditions are exactly right for them). › Paradise is another word for heaven.
(Definition of paradise n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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