Arcadia (disambiguation)

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Arcadia may refer to:

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[edit] Places

  • Arcadia in Greece
  • Arcadia Ægypti a region of Roman-controlled Egypt
  • Acadia, a region of Nova Scotia; its discoverer, Giovanni da Verrazano, was so impressed by the natural beauty of the region that he named it 'Archadia', after the Greek Arcadia.

[edit] Australia

[edit] Canada

[edit] South Africa

[edit] Ukraine

[edit] United States of America

[edit] Mars

[edit] Other uses of the name

[edit] Politics

[edit] Ships

  • Arcadia (cruise ship), the largest in the P&O cruise fleet, introduced in 2003
  • Ocean Village (ship), a P&O cruise ship sailed under than name "Arcadia" from 1997 to 2003
  • SS Arcadia (1954) a P&O ocean liner, operated as a cruise ship until scrapped in 1979
  • SS Arcadia (1888), the first P&O ship to carry the name

[edit] Business

  • Arcadia Group, a British group of retail clothing companies owned by Philip Green
  • Arcadia Publishing, United States publisher of local community histories
  • Arcadia Systems, the arcade-games division of Mastertronic, which was also used as a software label
  • Arcadia VZW, a Belgian organisation teaching and promoting spiritual self-development in the Wiccan religious path
  • Arcadia Corporation, the original name of video game company Starpath

[edit] Literature

[edit] Entertainment

  • Arcadia (band), a 1980s synth-pop band created by Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes and Roger Taylor of Duran Duran.
  • Arcadia (card game), a collectible card game published by White Wolf, Inc. based on their Changeling: The Dreaming role-playing game.
  • Arcadia (computer game), a computer game.
  • Arcadia (magazine), a Japanese arcade gaming magazine by Enterbrain.
  • Joan of Arcadia, a United States television drama, aired on CBS.
  • Skies of Arcadia, a computer role-playing game for the Nintendo GameCube and the Sega Dreamcast video game consoles.
  • Emerson Arcadia 2001, a video game console.
  • "Arcadia", an episode of The X-Files, regarding an apparently ideal gated community named The Falls at Arcadia.
  • Arcadia festival, a videogames festival held in Montreal, Quebec (Canada)

[edit] Fictional places