arena
Syllables: a·re·na/əˈɹiːnə/
arena 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).
Noun
arena (plural arenas or arenae)
- 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).
- A large crowd filled the seats of the arena.
- 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.
- The arena is grey with white beams.
- The sand-covered centre of an amphitheatre where contests were held in Ancient Rome.
- The gladiators entered the arena.
- A realm in which events take place; an area of interest, study, behaviour, etc.
- The company was a player in the maritime insurance arena.
- But transects have also been utilised in a large variety of arenas, including surveying the contents of Amerindian earthen mounds, determining levels of anti-rabies vaccinations in village dogs, and examining ecological factors under the canopy of trees growing in agricultural areas.2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 4
Proper noun capitalized: Arena
Arena
- 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.
- An ancient Roman city at Bou Saâda, Algeria.
arena meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
arena in Hindi
- an enclosed area, often outdoor
- अखाड़ा akhāṛā
arena in Tamil
- an enclosed area, often outdoor
- அரங்கம் araṅkam
- the building housing such an area
- அரங்கம் araṅkam
arena in Marathi
- अखाडा
arena in Urdu
- اکھاڑا, میدان
More languagesFewer languages
- arena in Bengali
- রঙ্গভূমি, কর্মক্ষেত্র, মল্লভূমি, রণক্ষেত্র
- arena in Telugu
- అజిరము ajiramu
- arena in Malayalam
- അരങ്ങ്, പ്രവർത്തനരംഗം
- arena in Kannada
- ವೇದಿಕೆ, ರಂಗಸ್ಥಳ, ಸ್ಪರ್ಧಾವೇದಿಕೆ, ಕಣ
- arena in Punjabi
- ਅਖਾੜਾ akhāṛā
- arena in Sanskrit
- अक्षवाट akṣavāṭa
- arena in Nepali
- अखाडा
- arena in Pashto
- ډګر ḍəgə́r
- arena in Arabic
- صَالَة ṣāla, حَلْبَة ḥalba
- arena in Indonesian
- gelanggang
- arena in Persian
- آرنا ârenâ, سالن sâlon
- arena in Thai
- เวที wee-tii, สนาม sà-nǎam
- arena in Vietnamese
- sân khấu, vũ đài
Examples of arena in a sentence
- Be careful of the ticket touts outside the arena; they are famed for selling counterfeits.
- The rock star played to dozens of sold-out arenas during his farewell tour.
- The band is playing large arenas nationwide.
Forms of arena
| plural | arenas |
|---|---|
| plural | arenae |
Origin of arena
Borrowed from Latin arēna (“sand; arena”), from earlier harēna, from Old Latin hasēna, possibly from Etruscan; compare Sabine fasēna.
Words formed from arena
Phrases with arena
Words that rhyme with arena
37 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- semolina
- subpoena
- cantina
- falanghina
- galena
- latina
- piscina
- Thumbelina
- Tryphena
- Afro-Latina
- Antiochena
- Apamena
- Argentina
- Atropatena
- Ballymena
- barracudina
- Brangelina
- Damascena
- Dina
- doubting Thomasina
- gmina
- Halyna
- Jelena
- Laodicena
- Malaspina
- marina
- Media Atropatena
- okina
- Palmyrena
- Rina
- Sheena
- spirulina
- Thomasina
- Tumblrina
- verbena
- Vojvodina
- Xena
Questions about arena
- What does arena mean?
- Arena means 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).
- What is arena in Hindi?
- Arena in Hindi is अखाड़ा (akhāṛā). See Arena meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is arena?
- Arena can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce arena?
- Arena is pronounced /əˈɹiːnə/.
- What is the plural of arena?
- The plural of arena is arenas.
Words near arena in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: arena (page history and authors); Arena (page history and authors); arena (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); arena (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); arena (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); అజిరము (Telugu) (page history and authors); arena (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); arena (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਅਖਾੜਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); अक्षवाट (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); arena (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ډګر (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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