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arena
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What does arena mean?
noun
- An enclosed area, often outdoor, for the presentation of sporting events (sports arena) or other spectacular events; earthen area, often oval, specifically for rodeos (North America) or circular area for bullfights (especially Hispanic America).
- The building housing such an area; specifically, a very large, often round building, often topped with a dome, designated for indoor sporting or other major events, such as concerts.
- A realm in which events take place; an area of interest, study, behaviour, etc.
More meanings (8)
proper noun
- A township in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, United States.
- An extinct town in Burleigh County, North Dakota, United States.
- A town and village therein, in Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States.
- A former hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Frontier No. 19, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- A comune in Vibo Valentia province, Calabria, Italy.
- A village in Naqadeh County, West Azerbaijan Province, north-west Iran.
- (historical) An ancient Roman city at Bou Saâda, Algeria.
noun
- (historical) The sand-covered centre of an amphitheatre where contests were held in Ancient Rome.
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IPA pronunciation
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So it may be fairly stated that Miss Stacy’s old pupils held their own in the wider arena of the academical course.
Dak Kova, with his jeds and chieftains, sat at the center of one side of the arena upon a large raised platform.
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I might have been an unfortunate little bull in a Spanish arena, I got so smartingly touched up by these moral goads.
The ancient retiarius, when pitted against a powerful wild beast, appeared in the arena with a rope-net folded over his left shoulder.
He had no wish to make an arena a second time of a world that had become a mere painted scene to him.