Originally a region in the Peloponnesus, Arcadia became a synonym for any rural area that serves as a pastoral setting, as a locus amoenus (" delightful place "):

Originally a form of vermin control to protect livestock, fox hunting became a popular social activity for newly wealthy upper classes in Victorian times, and a traditional rural activity for riders and foot followers alike.

Originally a highly agrarian country with nearly 80 % of its population in rural areas, Belarus has been undergoing a process of continuous urbanization.

Originally Seine-et-Marne was very rural and lightly populated.

Originally cultivated for tobacco by slave labor in colonial times, its mostly rural economy was diversified for lumber and other mixed farm crops before the American Civil War.

Originally a small crossroads in a rural area south of Wilmington, the area supported small farms growing mainly corn and cattle.

Originally a rural post office hub in the 1900s, the U. S. Postal Service now designates addresses as part of larger Rosemount.

Originally part of the rural surroundings of the Washington, D. C. area, the town of Herndon developed into a hub of dairy farming and vacationing for area residents, aided by its presence along the Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad ( later to become the Washington and Old Dominion ( W & OD ) Railroad ).

Originally called Webb Parmelee Hollenbeck, Webb was born in a rural part of Marion County, Indiana, which would, in 1906, become Beech Grove, a self-governing city entirely surrounded by Indianapolis.

Originally from rural Indiana, they moved to New Rochelle, New York, where, after performing in high school productions, Booth went on to study drama in New York City, where she worked as a waitress.

Originally confined to poor rural areas and urban brothels, sones de arpa grande is now popular among the suburban and urban middle-and upper-class audiences.

Originally made at home in rural areas, there are a wide variety of recipes for kielbasa preparation at home and for holidays.

Originally a rather insignificant spot in rural Monmouthshire with only about 120 inhabitants at the end of the 18th century, Ebbw Vale — and the whole valley — was transformed by the Industrial Revolution.

Originally it was a term applied to someone who lives in the rural areas surrounding Lisbon, the capital of Portugal.

Originally from rural Argentina, Martínez Estrada was born in San José de la Esquina, in Santa Fe Province and grew up until the age of twelve there and in Goyena, a village in the southern reaches of Buenos Aires province.

Originally there were 787 rural districts in England and Wales, as they were based directly upon the sanitary districts and poor law unions which had preceded them.

Originally a small rural village between Sheffield and Rotherham, within the Saxon " Shire of Hallun " ( Hallamshire ), Whiston is now a suburb of Rotherham, close to its border with Sheffield.

Originally just a small fishing village, Howth with its surrounding rural district is now a busy suburb of Dublin, with a mix of dense residential development and wild hillside, all on the peninsula of Howth Head.

Originally produced for Channel 4 the film is a form of murder mystery, set in rural Wiltshire, England in 1694 ( during the reign of William and Mary ).

Originally a small rotten borough, covering only a small part of the parish of Westbury, in the 19th century the borough became a rural parliamentary constituency in the English county of Wiltshire.

Originally, the economy of the region was almost entirely rural and agricultural, based on the immigrants ' dream of bettering their lot through the ownership of their own farms.

Originally it had the status of a rural university but now it has diversified with the motto of " Excellence Matters ".

Originally designed as a police public order vehicle for both urban and rural operations, the RG-12 has been developed to be used in many roles, including as routine internal security vehicle, military APC, bullion carrier, bulk diamond carrier and security vehicle on gold and platinum mines.

Originally a rural agricultural hamlet called Morton, the discovery of coal beneath its fields in the 19th century transformed it into an industrial community.

Originally an active Liberal, she joined the Liberal Unionist party in 1886 in opposition to Irish Home Rule.

Originally a form of folk music with English, Irish, Scottish, and Mexican influences that developed in the western areas of the United States and Canada.

Originally, Irish Protestants commemorated the Battle of Aughrim on 12 July ( old style, equivalent to 23 July new style ), symbolising their victory in the Williamite war in Ireland.

Originally settled almost entirely by immigrants of British and Irish stock, Worcester County was divided during the colonial period into several parishes, though Quakers, Presbyterians, and later Methodists also set up meeting houses.

Originally the community was settled by Irish and German immigrants in the early 19th century.

Originally commissioned by Chicagoan Christopher Carley, the building site for the project was purchased by Irish developer Garrett Kelleher in July 2006 when Carley's financing plans fell through.

Originally, only women from Tralee were eligible to compete, in the early 1960s it was extended to include any women from Kerry, and in 1967 it was further extended to include any women of Irish birth or ancestry.

Originally a separate community of Irish women under a common Mother Superior with the English nuns, they moved to Dublin in 1629, the first monastic community in Ireland for a century.

Originally called the Ulster Division, it was made up of members of the Ulster Volunteer Force, who formed thirteen additional battalions for three existing regiments: the Royal Irish Fusiliers, the Royal Irish Rifles and the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.

Originally the depot of the Seaforth Highlanders and later the Queen's Own Highlanders ( Seaforth and Camerons ), it was more recently home to the Royal Irish Regiment, and as of 2007, the new garrison of the Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland.

Originally, 245 German and 188 British and Irish soldiers were interred at the cemetery.

Originally, New Zealand Māori had been invited, but they declined because it would clash with their fixture with the British and Irish Lions.

Originally, all Irish Setters were mostly red, or red and white, but from around 1880 breeders, began to prefer the solid red variety.

Originally sentenced to death, Smith O ' Brien and other members of the Irish Confederation were transported to Van Diemen's Land.

The Commitments ( 1987 ) ( Originally called The Partitions ) is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle, and is the first episode in The Barrytown Trilogy.

Originally the company targeted just corporate customers, but from 1 December 1998, when the Irish telecommunications market was fully deregulated, domestic customers were also targeted, under the Esat Clear brand name.

Originally the organ of the Irish Socialist Republican Party, this periodical later became the official organ of the Communist Party of Ireland, which was founded in 1921.

Originally called Irish Continental Line, it first operated on the Rosslare – Le Havre with the 547 berth, 210 car ferry MS Saint Patrick.

Originally the company focused on providing venture capital to start ups, however in the mid-1980s it changed direction and became an industrial holding company, changing its name to DCC and floating on the Irish Stock Exchange and London Stock Exchange in 1994.

Originally thought to have been inhabited by the Wallumedegal Aboriginal tribe, who lived in the area between the Lane Cove and Parramatta Rivers, the area was first settled by Europeans shortly after the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788, from land grants to Royal Marines and NSW Corps, and was named " Eastwood " by an early Irish free settler, William Rutledge.

Originally, many European families ( Italian, Dutch, British, Irish, Scotch, Danish, and German ) had lived in Richmond Hill.

Originally known as Irish Town because of the Irish settlements, it later became known as Upper Bankstown.