# Arcadia
## English
### Etymology

From Latin Arcadia, from Ancient Greek Ἀρκαδία (Arkadía).

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ɑɹˈkeɪ.di.ə/
* (UK) IPA: /ɑːˈkeɪ.dɪ.ə/
* Rhymes: -eɪdiə

### Proper noun

Arcadia
* A regional unit of Greece in the central and southeastern Peloponnese. 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.
* A number of places in the United States:
** A neighbourhood of Phoenix and Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona.
** A city in Los Angeles County, California.
** A city, the county seat of DeSoto County, Florida
** An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Illinois.
** A town in Jackson Township, Hamilton County, Indiana.
** A minor city and township in Carroll County, Iowa.
** A minor city in Crawford County, Kansas.
** A town, the parish seat of Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
** Former name of Upperco, Maryland.
** A township in Lapeer County, Michigan.
** A township and census-designated place therein, in Manistee County, Michigan.
** A ghost town in Issaquena County, Mississippi.
** A minor city and inactive township in Iron County, Missouri.
** A township and village therein, in Valley County, Nebraska.
** A town in Wayne County, New York.
** An unincorporated community in Davidson County, North Carolina.
** A village in Hancock County, Ohio.
** A town in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma.
** An unincorporated community in Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
** A village in the town of Richmond and town of Exeter, Washington County, Rhode Island.
** A census-designated place in Spartanburg County, South Carolina.
** An unincorporated community in Sullivan County, Tennessee.
** A neighbourhood of Santa Fe, Galveston County, Texas.
** An unincorporated community in Shelby County, Texas.
** An unincorporated community in Botetourt County, Virginia.
** An unincorporated community in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
** An unincorporated community in Mason County, Washington.
** A city and town in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.
* A community next to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.
* A settlement in Tucumán province, Argentina.
* A suburb of the city of Tshwane, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.
* A suburb of Harare, Zimbabwe.
* A quarter of Odesa, Ukraine.
* A place in Australia:
** A suburb of Sydney in Hornsby Shire, New South Wales.
** A suburb on Magnetic Island, City of Townsville, Queensland.
** A town in the City of Greater Shepparton, Victoria.

### Noun

Arcadia (plural Arcadias)
* (figurative) An ideal region of rural and idyllic contentment; a pastoral utopia.
** 2006, Kevin Markwell, Gay Tourism: Culture and Context: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): arcadia

#### Derived terms

* Arcadian
* Arcadic
* Arcady

#### See also

* Shangri-La

### Anagrams

* acardia

## Latin
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀρκαδία (Arkadía).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /arˈka.di.a/, [ärˈkäd̪iä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /arˈka.di.a/, [ärˈkäːd̪iä]

### Proper noun

Arcadia f sg (genitive Arcadiae); first declension
* Arcadia

#### Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

#### Related terms

* Arcadicus
* Arcadius

#### Descendants

* Catalan: Arcàdia
* Italian: Arcadia
* Portuguese: Arcádia
* Spanish: Arcadia

### References

* “Arcadia1”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* Arcadia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “Arcadia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Arcadia, from Ancient Greek Ἀρκαδία (Arkadía).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aɾˈkadja/ [aɾˈka.ð̞ja]
* Rhymes: -adja
* Syllabification: Ar‧ca‧dia

### Proper noun

Arcadia f
* Arcadia

#### Related terms

* arcadio