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Webster 1913 Edition
Arcadia
Ar-ca′di-a
,Noun.
[L.
Arcadia
, Gr. [GREEK].] 1.
A mountainous and picturesque district of Greece, in the heart of the Peloponnesus, whose people were distinguished for contentment and rural happiness.
2.
Fig.: Any region or scene of simple pleasure and untroubled quiet.
Where the cow is, there is
Arcadia
. J. Burroughs.
Definition 2024
Arcadia
Arcadia
English
Proper noun
Arcadia
- A district or a prefecture in the central and mid SE Peloponnese that has a population of more than 110,000. Tripoli is the capital and a main city with a population over 22,000.
- A mountainous region of ancient Greece.
- A city in California, USA.
- A city in Louisiana, USA.
- A city in Missouri, USA.
- An ideal region of rural and idyllic contentment.
Derived terms
Translations
A district or a prefecture in the central and mid SE Peloponnese
Anagrams
arcadia
arcadia
English
Noun
arcadia (plural arcadias)
- Alternative letter-case form of Arcadia
- 1880, Allan Pinkerton, Bucholz and the Detectives:
- He had read of the wonderful success which attended the efforts of some of his countrymen who had emigrated to Australia, that arcadia of the agriculturist, and burning with a desire to seek his fortune in the new land of promise, he began to make inquiries of the place, its products, and of the possibilities of successful operations while there.
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