Arcadia (disambiguation)
Arcadia refers to more than one thing. It refers to several places as well as entities and organisations.
Places
There are several places known as Arcadia: - Arcadia in Greece
- A region of Nova Scotia was known for some time as Acadia; its discoverer, Giovanni da Verrazano, was so impressed by the natural beauty of the region that he named it 'Archadia', after the Greek Arcadia.
- Arcadia, New South Wales
- Arcadia, Nova Scotia
- Arcadia, Alberta
- Arcadia, California
- Arcadia, Florida
- Arcadia, Indiana
- Arcadia, Iowa
- Arcadia, Kansas
- Arcadia, Louisiana
- Arcadia, Missouri
- Arcadia, Nebraska
- Arcadia, New York
- Arcadia, Ohio
- Arcadia, Oklahoma
- Arcadia, Wisconsin
- Arcadia Township, Lapeer County, Michigan
- Arcadia Township, Manistee County, Michigan
Other uses of the name - The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia was a complex tale written by Sir Philip Sidney.
- Arcadia is a fantasy realm, another world, or an alternate dimension, often the realm of Faerie, in countless pieces of literature, movies, television shows, games and comic books.Arcadia is the title of a play by Tom Stoppard.
- Arcadia was the name of a 1980s synth-pop band created by Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes and Roger Taylor of Duran Duran.Arcadia Corporation was the original name of video game company Starpath, which made hardware and software for the Atari 2600.Arcadia is the name of an NES game publisher, see Arcadia (game publisher).The Arcadia Group is a British group of companies owned by Philip Green which specialises in retail clothing. They are among the most popular of British stores, forming Britain's second largest clothes retailer.Arcadia was the name of one of the twin worlds in best-selling PC-game The Longest Journey. Arcadia was the world of magic, while its twin, Stark, was the world of science.Arcadia VZW is a Belgian organisation teaching and promoting spiritual self-development in the Wiccan religious path.
- The fictional U.S. city of
Arcadia, Maryland, in the U.S. television show Joan of Arcadia. Arcadia is the name of Captain Harlock's spaceship in the manga/anime-series by the writer/artist Leiji Matsumoto. Arcadia was the name of a collectible card game published by White Wolf, Inc based on their role-playing game. - Arcadia was the name of a cruise ship. See [1]Arcadia Publishing''' - local United States community history publisher
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