heaven

heav·en

ˈhevən/

noun

1.  

   a place regarded in various religions as the abode of the gods and the angels, and of the good after death, often traditionally depicted as being above the sky.

   also:

   paradise, nirvana, zion; 

   the hereafter, the next world, the next life, elysium, the elysian fields, valhalla; 

   literary: the empyrean

   "the good will have a place in heaven"

2.  

   the sky, especially perceived as a vault in which the sun, moon, stars, and planets are situated.

   "galileo used a telescope to observe the heavens"

   also:

   the sky, the skies, the upper atmosphere, the stratosphere, space; 

   literary: the firmament, the vault of heaven, the blue, the (wild/wide) blue yonder, the welkin, the empyrean, the azure, the upper regions, the sphere, the celestial sphere

   "she observed the heavens"

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