arena

n.

1. 1. An enclosed area for the presentation of sports events and spectacles.
   2. A building housing such an area
2. A place or scene where forces contend or events unfold: withdrew from the political arena; the world as an arena of moral conflict.
3. The area in the center of an ancient Roman amphitheater where contests and other spectacles were held.

[Latin harēna, arēna, sand, a sand-strewn place of combat in an amphitheater, perhaps of Etruscan origin.]

WORD HISTORY   Fans watching contact sports such as boxing, hockey, or football in modern arenas might be struck by the connection between the word arena and the notion of gladiatorial combat. This word is from Latin harēna (also spelled arēna), "sand." Harēna then came to mean the part of a Roman amphitheater that was covered with sand to absorb the blood spilled by the combatants. Arena is first recorded in English during the 17th century, denoting this area of a Roman amphitheater.

noun

A sphere of activity, experience, study, or interest: area, bailiwick, circle, department, domain, field, orbit, province, realm, scene, subject, terrain, territory, world. Slang bag. See territory.

[common; Unix] The area of memory attached to a process by brk(2) and sbrk(2) and used by malloc(3) as dynamic storage. So named from a malloc: corrupt arena message emitted when some early versions detected an impossible value in the free block list. See overrun screw, aliasing bug, memory leak, memory smash, smash the stack.

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1. An acting space of any shape surrounded by seats.
2. A type of theater not having a proscenium, the spectators” seats, rising in tiers, wholly surrounding the stage.
3. The sanded central area in a Roman amphitheater or circus, surrounded by the seats.
4. Any building, indoor or outdoor, for sports events, etc.

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Arena (Spring 1963-Spring 1965), a literary magazine published in Wexford and edited by Michael Hartnett, James Liddy, and Liam O'Connor.

A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

In politics, an imaginary rat-pit in which the statesman wrestles with his record.

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IN BRIEF: An open area for games; a stadium.

The ballgame was held in a large arena.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - arena, skueplads, kampplads

Nederlands (Dutch)
arena, toneel (figuurlijk), ring

Français (French)
n. - arène, stade, (fig) arène

Deutsch (German)
n. - Arena, Bühne, Schauplatz

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αρένα, παλαίστρα, κονίστρα, στίβος, σφαίρα ή πεδίο δραστηριότητας ή σύγκρουσης

Italiano (Italian)
arena, stadio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - arena (f), local de disputa (fig.)

Русский (Russian)
арена, поле сражения, спортивное поле

Español (Spanish)
n. - campo, esfera, arena, ruedo, redondel

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - arena

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
竞技场, 舞台, 活动场所

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 競技場, 舞臺, 活動場所

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 투기장, 시합장, 활동의 장소

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 闘技場, 舞台, 競争場裡, 円形闘技場, 競技場

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حلبه, ميدان تنافس, الجز المتوسط من مدرج روماني‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮זירה, מעגל פעולה או דיון‬

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