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Meaning of ARCADIA

Pronunciation:  âr'keydeeu

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 Definition: [n]  a department of Greece in the central Peloponnese
 
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 See Also: Arcadian, Ellas, geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region, Greece, Hellenic Republic

 

 

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Arcadia
Tom Stoppard`s play primarily concerns Thomasina Croom, a brilliant 13-year-old who is searching for the proof to Fermat`s theorem, the Second Law of Thermodynamics, and the rudiments of what we now know as chaos theory. All the while, her mother is pursuing Lord Byron, a guest at their estate, while her tutor is pursuing the wife of another visiting poet. While there are many comic moments throughout, and Stoppard`s nearly Shakespearean love of puns is quite in evidence, the play verges on tragedy.

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ar*ca"di*a\, n. [L. Arcadia, Gr. ?.]
1. A mountainous and picturesque district of Greece, in the
   heart of the Peloponnesus, whose people were distinguished
   for contentment and rural happiness.
2. Fig.: Any region or scene of simple pleasure and
   untroubled quiet.
         Where the cow is, there is Arcadia.   --J.
                                               Burroughs.
 
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