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Arcadia
(är kā′dē ə)
noun
any place of rural peace and simplicity
Origin: after Arcadia
- ancient, relatively isolated pastoral region in the central Peloponnesus
- department of modern Greece occupying the same general area
See Arcadia in American Heritage Dictionary 4
- also Ar·ca·dy (ärˈkə-dē) A region of ancient Greece in the Peloponnesus. Its inhabitants, relatively isolated from the rest of the known civilized world, proverbially lived a simple, pastoral life.
- A city of southern California, a residential suburb of Los Angeles at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains. Population: 56,500.
also ar·ca·di·a
noun A region offering rural simplicity and contentment.
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