Arcadia

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Fig.: Any region or scene of simple pleasure and untroubled quiet.

II. Arcadia ·noun A mountainous and picturesque district of Greece, in the heart of the Peloponnesus, whose people were distinguished for contentment and rural happiness.

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Arcadia
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Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
Arcadia
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