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arcadia

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name/ɑɹˈkeɪ.di.ə//ɑːˈkeɪ.dɪ.ə/
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    A regional unit of Greece in the central and southeastern Peloponnese. Tripoli is the capital and main city with a population over 47,000.

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    A mountainous region of Ancient Greece, named for Greek mythological hero Arcas; legendary home of the rustic god of nature, Pan.

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    A number of places in the United States:; A neighbourhood of Phoenix and Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona.

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    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Los Angeles County, California.

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    A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of DeSoto County, Florida.

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    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Illinois.

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    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Jackson Township, Hamilton County, Indiana.

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    A number of places in the United States:; A minor city and township in Carroll County, Iowa.

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    A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Crawford County, Kansas.

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    A number of places in the United States:; A town, the parish seat of Bienville Parish, Louisiana.

noun/ɑɹˈkeɪ.di.ə//ɑːˈkeɪ.dɪ.ə/
  1. 1

    An ideal region of rural and idyllic contentment; a pastoral utopia.figuratively

    • 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 l

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