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

arena \are"na\, n.; pl. e. arenas; l. arenae. 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
see also:
arenas arenae 

[2] : 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
see also:
sphere domain area orbit field stadium 
bowl sports stadium scene of action 

[3] : 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

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

arena n. common; unix the area of memory attached to a process by
   `brk2' and `sbrk2' and used by `malloc3' 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.


see also:
overrun screw aliasing bug memory leak memory smash smash the stack 

[5] : 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
     
     
see also:
unix brk sbrk system calls malloc overrun screw 
aliasing bug memory leak memory smash smash the stack jargon file 

[6] : 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.

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

arena, nd
  zip codes: 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 codes: 53503

[8] : 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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