Definition of Arcadea
Arca`dia, a mountain-girt pastoral tableland in the heart of the
Morea, 50 m. long by 40 broad, conceived by the poets as a land of
shepherds and shepherdesses, and rustic simplicity and bliss, and was the
seat of the worship of Artemis and Pan.
- Wikipedia
Ar*ca"di*a (&?;), n. [L. Arcadia, Gr.
&?;.] 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- 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.
- Used as a name for an ideal region of rural and idyllic contentment.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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