Arcadia
pronunciation
How to pronounce Arcadia in British English:
UK [ɑ:ˈkeɪdiə]
How to pronounce Arcadia in American English:
US [ɑrˈkeɪdiə]
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- Noun:
- a department of Greece in the central Peloponnese
Word Origin
- Arcadia
- see Arcadian.
Example
- 1. Arcadia was a district of mountain people whom other greeks disdained .
- 2. To the mysterious bomber this represents the destruction of a rural arcadia .
- 3. The megalopolis of the ancient world was in arcadia , a part of greece cited by virgil as a model of happy , rural simplicity .
- 4. You can mourn the disappearance of an ivy-covered arcadia where america 's youth once went to discover big ideas .
- 5. Pullman phuket arcadia naithorn beach in thailand which offers 260 guestrooms and 20 villas is scheduled to open in late 2011 .