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Arcadia

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Noun

1. arcadia

a department of Greece in the central Peloponnese

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Arcadia

see synonyms of arcadia
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 (ˈɑːkədɪ )
the traditional idealized rural setting of Greek and Roman bucolic poetry and later in the literature of the Renaissance

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Arcadia

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noun
any place of rural peace and simplicity
1. 
ancient, relatively isolated pastoral region in the central Peloponnesus
2. 
department of modern Greece occupying the same general area

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Arcadia

see synonyms of arcadia
A region of ancient Greece in the Peloponnesus. Its relatively isolated inhabitants proverbially lived a simple, pastoral life.
n.
A region offering rural simplicity and contentment.

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