Arcadia

American  

[ahr-kay-dee-uh] / ɑrˈkeɪ di ə /

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.

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Arcadia British  

/ 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

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Teymouri said the children kept in the Arcadia home were isolated from society, almost never leaving the house.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Arcadia Police Department said at the time the couple's house was first raided that the children ranged in age from two months to 13 years old, but most were between one and three years old.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

"Molecular models based on living animals can predict the past, but fossils provide the evidence needed to test those predictions," said study coauthor Paul Velazco, a comparative biologist at Arcadia University.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

The city of Arcadia wrote in a public statement after she resigned that “no city finances, staff or decision-making processes were involved” in the charges against her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

Many good people from the hamlet of Hydesville and its wider town of Arcadia in Wayne County couldn’t wait to talk.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

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