Dictionary entries for 'arena'

Synonyms

a·re·na (ə-rḗnə)

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

noun

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