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Meaning of arena | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
əˈɹiːnə

Definitions

  1. A township in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, United States.
  2. 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).
  3. An extinct town in Burleigh County, North Dakota, United States.
  4. A sphere of activity, experience, study, or interest:area, bailiwick, circle, department, domain, field, orbit, province, realm, scene, subject, terrain, territory, world.
  5. 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.
  6. A town and village therein, in Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States.
  7. any place for a public show contest etc. a sports arena. arena مَيدان، ساحَة عامَّه арена arena aréna die Arena arena; kampplads; -arena αρένα, στάδιοarena areen آوردگاه؛ استادیوم areena arèneזירה रंगभूमि arena küzdőtér gelanggang leikvöllur arena 競技場 무대 arena arēna arena arenaarena, kampplassarena استدیدیوم، ډګر، سیمه ، میدان arena arenă арена aréna arena arena arena สนามกีฬา gösteri alanı (供公開演出或競賽等的)活動場地 арена کھیل کا میدان đấu trường 表演场地,竞技场
    etc
  8. The sand-covered centre of an amphitheatre where contests were held in Ancient Rome.
    historical
  9. A realm in which events take place; an area of interest, study, behaviour, etc.
  10. A former hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Frontier No. 19, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  11. An enclosed area for the presentation of sports events and spectacles.
  12. A comune in Vibo Valentia province, Calabria, Italy.
  13. A place or scene where forces contend or events unfold: withdrew from the political arena; the world as an arena of moral conflict.
  14. A village in Naqadeh County, West Azerbaijan Province, north-west Iran.
  15. The area in the center of an ancient Roman amphitheater where contests and other spectacles were held.
  16. An ancient Roman city at Bou Saâda, Algeria.
    historical
  17. (General Sporting Terms) a. an enclosure or platform, usually surrounded by seats on all sides, in which sports events, contests, entertainments, etc, take place: a boxing arena.
  18. (Historical Terms) the central area of an ancient Roman amphitheatre, in which gladiatorial contests and other spectacles were held
  19. a sphere or scene of conflict or intense activity: the political arena.
  20. a central area used for sports or other forms of entertainment and surrounded by seats for spectators.
  21. a building housing an arena.

Equivalents

العربية الحلبة حلبة صالة
Bosanski ala arena liza арена
Català arena
Čeština aréna
Deutsch Arena Bühne
Ελληνικά αρένα
Esperanto areno
فارسی سالن
Français aréna arena arène
Gaeilge airéine saol
Galego arena
עברית זירה
हिन्दी अखाड़ा
Hrvatski ala arena liza арена
Հայերեն ասպարեզ
Bahasa Indonesia gelanggang
Italiano arena arena teatro
ქართული არენა
ខ្មែរ សង្វៀន
Kurdî ala ala arena teatro
Latina arena harena
ລາວ ສະໜາມ
Македонски арена
Polski arena
Português arena ARENA
Русский арена
Српски ala arena liza арена
Svenska arena
தமிழ் அரங்கம்
Türkçe arena
Українська арена
Tiếng Việt sân khấu vũ đài

Examples

“A large crowd filled the seats of the arena.”
“The arena is grey with white beams.”
“The gladiators entered the arena.”
“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.”
“To Musk, his vast fortune is a mere side effect of his ability not just to see but to do things others cannot, in arenas where the stakes are existential.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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