Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- A region of ancient Greece in the Peloponnesus. Its inhabitants, relatively isolated from the rest of the known civilized world, proverbially lived a simple, pastoral life.
- A city of southern California, a residential suburb of Los Angeles at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains. Population: 56,500.
- n. A region offering rural simplicity and contentment.
Wiktionary
- n. 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.
- n. A mountainous region of ancient Greece.
- n. A city in California, USA.
- n. A city in Louisiana, USA.
- n. Used as a name for an ideal region of rural and idyllic contentment.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A mountainous and picturesque district of Greece, in the heart of the Peloponnesus, whose people were distinguished for contentment and rural happiness.
- n. Fig.: Any region or scene of simple pleasure and untroubled quiet.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a department of Greece in the central Peloponnese
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek Ἀρκαδία. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“ARCADIA - A hazardous materials unit of the Arcadia Fire Department responded to the Arcadia”
“In 1958, the year after he arrived in Rome, Twombly painted a nearly colorless, luminous canvas with the word "Arcadia" scrawled amid a field of skittering marks in pencil and crayon.”
“Having remained in this place [2] three days, anchored off the coast, we decided on account of the scarcity of ports to depart, always skirting the shore, which we baptized Arcadia on account of the beauty of the trees.”
“The value of prerace veterinary examinations was underscored when a state veterinarian discovered The Pamplemousse was not fit to run before the Santa Anita Derby in Arcadia, Calif., on April 4.”
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“Despite its historic location, Arcadia is not going to be a re-creation of a historic farm.”
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“Joan of Arcadia is definitely missing from this list.”
“Pictures of the arms dealer will be shown in Arcadia, and soldiers will go door to door asking if residents have seen the suspect.”
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“Arcadia" -- a work unrivalled in its own day, and deserving the admiration of the present, but which has been left behind in the great advance of English prose fiction.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘Arcadia’.
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There is no place like Nebraska
Place names, landmarks, famous residents, "-isms," etc.
Nebraska, nebraksa, Lincoln, Omaha, Grand Island, Kearney, Carhenge, Pioneer Village, Valentine, husker, cornhusker, There is no place... and 126 more...
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Ar!
ar, Ar, argon, are, area, arf, arc, ark, aardwolf, aardvark, aardcucumber, yardarm and 253 more...
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Florida Places
Locations in Florida, including of course, towns and cities. You can even add your favorite kitchy tourist attraction too.
For an exclusive list featuring the many Florida islands called keys...St. Augustine, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Orlando, Ocala, Ft. White, Newberry, Alachua, Tampa, Sebring, Hollywood, Frostproof and 104 more...
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LIT - Iliad - key words and protagonists
abduct, abducting, abductor, Achaea, Achaean, Achilles, advise, Aegean, Aegean Sea, Aegina, aegis, Aeneas and 713 more...
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The Golden Age
Recently a friend dragged me to see Woody Allen's movie "Midnight in Paris." I hadn't wanted to go--my time was precious because I needed to get ready for a couple of trips and, quite frankly, I ha...
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Arcadia, a play by Tom Stoppard
theodolite, Arcadia, carnal embrace, QED, sin of Onan, Fermat's last the..., landskip, bootboy, yesterday's upsta..., whole numbers, rice pudding, cabbages and 86 more...
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Show me Missouri
Missouri, missouri, Mark Twain, Joplin, Kansas City, Saint Louis, Mizzou, tigers, MO, Ozarks, barbecue, Hallmark Cards and 67 more...
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ruzuzu For a comment about the region in Greece, see Arcadian.
For a comment about the letters R, K, D, and N, see arcadian.
For a comment about the saying Et in Arcadia ego, see arcadia.
For an example of arcades ambo, see curculio.
For a play about mathematics, time, rice pudding, garden design, Byron, and a hermitage, see Arcadia by Tom Stoppard. Sep 13, 2010