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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Elysian \E*ly"sian\, a. [L. Elysius, fr Elysium.] Pertaining, or the abode of the blessed after death; hence yielding the highest pleasures; exceedingly delightful; beatific. ``Elysian shades.'' --Massinger. ``Elysian age.'' --Beattie. This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian. --Longfellow. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: elysian adj 1: relating to the Elysian Fields 2: resembling paradise; causing happiness; "elysian peace"; "a paradisal place without work or struggle"; "paradisial isles"; "an age of paradisiacal happiness" [syn: {paradisiacal}, {paradisiac}, {paradisaical}, {paradisaic}, {paradisal}, {paradisial}] 3: of such surpassing excellence as to suggest divine inspiration; "her pies were simply divine"; "the divine Shakespeare"; "an elysian meal"; "an inspired performance" [syn: {divine}, {inspired}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Elysian, MN (city, FIPS 19160) Location: 44.19997 N, 93.67707 W Population (1990): 445 (208 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56028
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