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arcadia
UK /ɑːˈkeɪ.dɪ.ə/ US /ɑɹˈkeɪ.di.ə/
name 5noun 2
Definitions
name
1
A regional unit of Greece in the central and southeastern Peloponnese. Tripoli is the capital and main city with a population over 47,000.
2
A mountainous region of Ancient Greece, named for Greek mythological hero Arcas; legendary home of the rustic god of nature, Pan.
3
A number of places in the United States:
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A number of places in the United States:
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A number of places in the United States:
noun
1
An ideal region of rural and idyllic contentment; a pastoral utopia.
The homosexual visitors to these southern Mediterranean regions may have been influenced by an imagined geography circulated through classical understandings of homosexuality in their search for a kind of Arcadia where homosexual love and lust could be played out without fear of persecution.
noun
1
Alternative letter-case form of Arcadia.
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.
No other development is visible, and the road is free of traffic--a path to freedom through a perfect arcadia.
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