Arcadia

Definition

An ideal region of rural and idyllic contentment; a pastoral utopia.

Etymology

From Latin Arcadia, from Ancient Greek Ἀρκαδία (Arkadía).

Example Sentences

• "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."