Arcadian
From rural Peloponnese
Arcadian refers to Arcadia, a mountainous region in the Peloponnese of ancient Greece that classical poets idealized as a paradise of pastoral simplicity.
As an adjective, it describes anything relating to this region or embodying its mythologized innocence: Arcadian shepherds in Renaissance paintings.
As a noun, an Arcadian is a native of Arcadia.
The word also appears in Louisiana, where Arcadian (often shortened to Cajun) refers to descendants of French-Canadian settlers from Acadia. (Lowercase arcadian is the general adjective for pastoral simplicity.)
Gulf Coast pelican state
- AcadiaFormer French colonial region
- CajunLouisiana's French descendants
- French-CanadianFrancophone North American identity
- bayouMarshy, slow-moving waterway
Acadiana · Creole · Lafayette · exile · Evangeline
Louisiana
Gulf Coast pelican state
- AcadiaFormer French colonial region
- CajunLouisiana's French descendants
- French-CanadianFrancophone North American identity
- Mythological WordsAchilles heel, Adonis, aegis, ambrosia, Apollo
- Greek demonymsAthenian, Corinthian, Theban, Cretan, Cypriot
- Pastoral Figuresshepherd, shepherdess, swain, goatherd, herdsman
- Greek DialectsCorinthian, Mycenaean
Arcadianurban
Pertaining to cities
metropolitan · industrial · cosmopolitan · citified · suburban
ArcadianAthenian
Ancient Greek city-dweller
Corinthian · cosmopolitan · urbane · martial · bellicose