Arcadia
nounUS /ɑɹˈkeɪ.di.ə/ · UK /ɑːˈkeɪ.dɪ.ə/
Etymology From Latin Arcadia, from Ancient Greek Ἀρκαδία (Arkadía). Not related to arcade.
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Figuratively An ideal region of rural and idyllic contentment; a pastoral utopia.
- 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.2006, Kevin Markwell, Gay Tourism: Culture and Context:
- Derived terms
- Arcadian, Arcadia South, Arcadia Vale, Arcadic, Arcady
- Related terms
- Shangri-La