Arcadia

See also: arcadia and Arcádia

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀρκαδία (Arkadía).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Arcadia

  1. A district or a prefecture in the central and mid SE Peloponnese that has a population of more than 110,000. Tripoli is the capital and a main city with a population over 22,000.
  2. A mountainous region of ancient Greece.
  3. A city in California, USA.
  4. A city in Florida, USA, and the county seat of DeSoto County
  5. A town in Louisiana, USA, and the parish seat of Bienville Parish.
  6. A city in Missouri, USA.

Noun

Arcadia (plural Arcadias)

  1. (figuratively) An ideal region of rural and idyllic contentment.

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀρκαδία (Arkadía).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Arcadia f (genitive Arcadiae); first declension

  1. Arcadia

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Arcadia
Genitive Arcadiae
Dative Arcadiae
Accusative Arcadiam
Ablative Arcadiā
Vocative 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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /arˈkadja/, [arˈkaðja]

Proper noun

Arcadia f

  1. Arcadia
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