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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Arena \A*re"na\, n.; pl. E. Arenas; L. {Aren[ae]}. [L. arena, harena, sand, a sandy place.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; -- so called because it was covered with sand. [1913 Webster] 2. Any place of public contest or exertion; any sphere of action; as, the arenaof debate; the arena of life. [1913 Webster] 3. (Med.) "Sand" or "gravel" in the kidneys. [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 2.0 :
arena n 1: a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit" [syn: sphere, domain, area, orbit, field] 2: the central area of an ancient Roman amphitheater where contests and spectacles were held; especially a sand-strewn area 3: a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments [syn: stadium, bowl, sports stadium] 4: a playing field where sports events take place [syn: {scene of action}]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
98 Moby Thesaurus words for "arena": academic discipline, academic specialty, ambit, amphitheater, applied science, area, art, assembly hall, auditorium, back, backdrop, background, bailiwick, beat, border, borderland, chapel, cincture, circle, circuit, circus, close, concern, concert hall, confine, container, convention hall, coop, court, courtyard, curtilage, dance hall, delimited field, demesne, department, department of knowledge, discipline, distance, domain, dominion, enclave, enclosure, exhibition hall, field, field of inquiry, field of study, fold, gallery, ground, hall, hemisphere, hinterland, judicial circuit, jurisdiction, lecture hall, list, locale, march, meetinghouse, mise-en-scene, music hall, natural science, ology, opera house, orb, orbit, pale, paling, park, pen, precinct, province, pure science, quad, quadrangle, realm, rear, ring, round, scene, science, setting, social science, specialty, sphere, square, stadium, stage, stage set, stage setting, study, technicology, technics, technology, theater, toft, walk, yard

Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) :
arena n. [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}.

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :
arena The area of memory attached to a Unix process by the brk and sbrk system calls and used by malloc 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. [Jargon File] (1995-12-28)

THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) :
ARENA, n. In politics, an imaginary rat-pit in which the statesman wrestles with his record.

U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :
Arena, ND Zip code(s): 58412 Arena, WI (village, FIPS 2550) Location: 43.16333 N, 89.91321 W Population (1990): 525 (194 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53503

U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) :
Arena, WI -- U.S. village in Wisconsin Population (2000): 685 Housing Units (2000): 269 Land area (2000): 1.089850 sq. miles (2.822699 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.004581 sq. miles (0.011865 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.094431 sq. miles (2.834564 sq. km) FIPS code: 02550 Located within: Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55 Location: 43.166108 N, 89.907305 W ZIP Codes (1990): 53503 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Arena, WI Arena

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