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Arcadia
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arcadia Arcádia
English
+ (ancient region)
+ (utopia)
Alternative forms
en Arcady archaic
Etymology
en ine h₂ŕ̥tḱos
From en la Arcadia, from en grc Ἀρκαδία.
Not related to en arcade.
Pronunciation
en /ɑɹˈkeɪ.di.ə/ GA
en /ɑːˈkeɪ.dɪ.ə/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Arcadia.wav Southern England
en eɪdiə 4
Proper noun
en regional unit c/Greece in the central and southeastern en Peloponnese. Tripoli, Greece Tripoli is the capital and main city with a population over 47,000.
A mountainous region of Ancient Greece, named for Greek mythological hero Arcas; legendary home of the rustic god of nature, Pan (god) Pan.
en number of places c/USA:
en neighbourhood city/Phoenix and city/Scottsdale co/Maricopa County s/Arizona.
en city co/Los Angeles County s/California.
en city/county seat co/DeSoto County s/Florida.
en ucomm co/Morgan County s/Illinois.
en town twp:Suf/Jackson co/Hamilton County s/Indiana.
en minor city/and/twp co/Carroll County s/Iowa.
en minor city co/Crawford County s/Kansas.
en town/parish seat par/Bienville Parish s/Louisiana.
en @former name of:Upperco unincorporated community co/Baltimore,Carroll s/Maryland c/USA.
A nature reserve in Northampton, Massachusetts.
en twp co/Lapeer County s/Michigan.
en twp/and/CDP therein, in co/Manistee County s/Michigan.
en ghost town co/Issaquena County s/Mississippi.
en minor city/and/inactive township co/Iron County s/Missouri.
en twp/and/village therein, in co/Valley County s/Nebraska.
en town co/Wayne County s/New York.
en ucomm co/Davidson County s/North Carolina.
en village co/Hancock County s/Ohio.
en town co/Oklahoma County s/Oklahoma.
en ucomm co/Indiana County s/Pennsylvania.
en village town:pref/Richmond and town:pref/Exeter co/Washington County s/Rhode Island.
en CDP co/Spartanburg County s/South Carolina.
en ucomm co/Sullivan County s/Tennessee.
en neighbourhood city/Santa Fe co/Galveston County s/Texas.
en ucomm co/Shelby County s/Texas.
en ucomm co/Botetourt County s/Virginia.
en ucomm co/Spotsylvania County s/Virginia.
en ucomm co/Mason County s/Washington.
en city/and/town co/Trempealeau County s/Wisconsin.
en community next to town/Yarmouth p/Nova Scotia c/Canada.
en settlement p:suf/Tucumán c/Argentina.
en suburb city:pref/Tshwane city/Pretoria p/Gauteng c/South Africa.
en suburb city/Harare c/Zimbabwe.
en quarter city/Odesa c/Ukraine.
en place c/Australia:
en suburb city/Sydney in shire:Suf/Hornsby s/New South Wales.
en suburb on isl/Magnetic Island city:Pref/Townsville s/Queensland.
en town city:Pref/Greater Shepparton s/Victoria.
Noun
en figurative An ideal region of rural and idyllic contentment; a pastoral utopia.
en Gay Tourism: Culture and Context 2006 Kevin Markwell 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.
Alternative forms
ideal region en arcadia
Derived terms
en Arcadian Arcadia South Arcadia Vale Arcadic Arcady
Translations
a district or a prefecture in the central and mid SE Peloponnese
Catalan: ca Arcàdia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 阿卡迪亞, cmn 阿耳卡狄亞 Ā'ěrkǎdíyà
Coptic: cop ⲁⲣⲕⲁⲇⲓⲁ f
Danish: da Arkadien
Dutch: nl Arcadië
Esperanto: eo Arkadio
Finnish: fi Arkadia
French: fr Arcadie
German: de Arkadien
Greek: el Αρκαδία f
Ancient Greek: grc Ἀρκαδία f
Hebrew: he ארקאדיה f arkadia
Hungarian: hu Árkádia
Interlingua: ia Arcadia
Irish: ga an Arcáid f
Italian: it Arcadia f
Latin: la Arcadia f
Lithuanian: lt Arkadija
Polish: pl Arkadia f
Portuguese: pt Arcádia f
Russian: ru Арка́дия f
Spanish: es Arcadia f
Swedish: sv Arkadien n
Turkish: tr Arkadya
an ideal region of rural and idyllic contentment
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 世外桃源 shìwàitáoyuán
Dutch: nl Arcadië, nl Arcadia
Hungarian: hu Árkádia
Polish: pl arkadia f
Spanish: es arcadia f
See also
en Shangri-La
Anagrams
en aaacdir acardia
en Mythological locations
Latin
la:
Etymology
la Arcadia :bor grc:Ἀρκαδία + 1
Pronunciation
Arcadia 1
Proper noun
Arcadia<1>
Arcadia
Declension
Arcadia<1>
Related terms
la Arcadicus Arcadius Arcas
Descendants
ca Arcàdia
it Arcadia
pt Arcádia
es Arcadia
References
Arcadia1
la Greece
Spanish
es:
Etymology
es :lbor la:Arcadia 2 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
es regional unit c/Greece Arcadia
es settlement p:suf/Tucumán c/Argentina Arcadia.
Related terms
es arcadio Arcas