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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  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}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  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)
       
       

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

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

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  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

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  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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