Where does “Acadia” come from?

Acadia comes from Italian Arcadia, from Ancient Greek Ἀρκαδία, a region in the Peloponnese that became emblematic of idealized pastoral landscapes in later European literature.

Acadia (English): Acadia National Park, a national park in Maine

Definitions

Acadia National Park, a national park in Maine

Ancestry of “Acadia”, step by step

Acadia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian Arcadia

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Italian	Arcadia	—
2	Ancient Greek	Ἀρκαδία	Arcadia
3	Ancient Greek	Ἀρκάς	an inhabitant of Arcadia; an Arcadian
4	Mycenaean Greek	𐀀𐀏	—

via Mi'kmaq akadie

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Mi'kmaq	akadie	fertile land

Words derived from “Acadia”

Acadian
acadialite
Acadian Coast
Acadianism
Acadianness

Every word from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀏 →Every word from Ancient Greek Ἀρκάς →Every word from Ancient Greek Ἀρκαδία →