Arcadia (disambiguation)

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Arcadia refers to more than one thing. It refers to several places as well as entities and organisations.

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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.

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United States of America

Arcadia, Maryland is a fictional city in the U.S. television show Joan of Arcadia.

Arcadia Lake, Oklahoma
Arcadia University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Other uses of the name

Arkadia.com is the name of a real estate company (http://www.arkadia.com).
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.
The Arcadia Conference was a World War II military conference held between the United Kingdom and the United States in Washington, D.C.
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.
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 Changeling: The Dreaming role-playing game.
Arcadia was the name of a cruise ship. See [1] (http://www.nzmaritime.co.nz/arcadia.htm)
Arcadia Publishing - United States local community history publisher
Joan of Arcadia is a CBS television drama
Skies of Arcadia is a popular role-playing game for the Nintendo GameCube and the defunct Sega Dreamcast video game consoles.

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