[ahr-key-dee-uh] 
| 1. | a mountainous region of ancient Greece, traditionally known for the contented pastoral innocence of its people. |
| 2. | any real or imaginary place offering peace and simplicity. |
| 3. | a city in SW California, E of Los Angeles. 45,994. |
Ar·ca·di·a 1 (är-kā'dē-ə)
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| Ar·ca·di·a 2 also ar·ca·di·a (är-kā'dē-ə) n. A region offering rural simplicity and contentment. |
arcadia
any of the 18th-century Portuguese literary societies that attempted to revive poetry in that country by urging a return to classicism. They were modeled after the Academy of Arcadia, which had been established in Rome in 1690 as an arbiter of Italian literary taste
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