Arcadia

[ahr-key-dee-uh]

noun

1. a mountainous region of ancient Greece, traditionally known for the contented pastoral innocence of its people.

2. any real or imaginary place offering peace and simplicity.

3. a city in SW California, E of Los Angeles.

Arcadia

/ ɑːˈkeɪdɪə /

noun

1. a department of Greece, in the central Peloponnese. Capital: Tripolis. Pop: 91 326 (2001). Area: 4367 sq km (1686 sq miles)

2. Also called (poetic): Arcady. the traditional idealized rural setting of Greek and Roman bucolic poetry and later in the literature of the Renaissance

Example Sentences

Hearring, who grew up in Altadena, also lost the home she was renting, forcing her to bounce from hotel to hotel until she found stable housing in Arcadia.

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With five returning starters, Arcadia basketball coach Nick Wallace made it clear at Monday’s Pacific League media day that he expects his team to compete at a high level this season.

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He and his sister run Arcadia, which publishes regional children’s books.

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“I am ashamed of the Republicans for not getting out the vote,” said Hillery, who moved to the desert from Arcadia in 1989.

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It opened its first U.S. restaurant in 2000 in Arcadia, Calif., and it has since expanded slowly across the state and Pacific Northwest.

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Related Words

• Promised Land 
• immortality 
• nirvana 
• paradise