Definition of Arena

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Definition of Arena

Arena

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.

Any place of public contest or exertion; any sphere of action; as, the arenaof debate; the arena of life.

"Sand" or "gravel" in the kidneys.

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Arena Quotations

I love to play golf, and that's my arena. And you can characterize it and describe it however you want, but I have a love and a passion for getting that ball in the hole and beating those guys.
Tiger Woods

It is not enough to understand, or to see clearly. The future will be shaped in the arena of human activity, by those willing to commit their minds and their bodies to the task.
Robert Kennedy

The day is not far off when the economic problem will take the back seat where it belongs, and the arena of the heart and the head will be occupied or reoccupied, by our real problems - the problems of life and of human relations, of creation and behavior and religion.
John Maynard Keynes

The political arena leaves one no alternative, one must either be a dunce or a rogue.
Emma Goldman

I know I'm never as good or bad as one single performance. I've never believed in my critics or my worshippers, and I've always been able to leave the game at the arena.
Charles Barkley

I know that I'm never as good or bad as any single performance. I've never believed my critics or my worshippers, and I've always been able to leave the game at the arena.
Charles Barkley

Broadway is a tough, tough arena for singing.
Julie Andrews

Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad.
Billie Jean King

Once I'm at the arena with the guys in the dressing room, and in the bus, and on the plane, I'm a player. And I sit in the back with the players and I play cards and try to take their money.
Mario Lemieux

I think love has something to do with allowing a person you claim to love to enter a larger arena than the one you create for them.
Sting

Arena Translations

arena in Afrikaans is arena
arena in Danish is arena
arena in Dutch is arena, krijt, piste, kampplaats
arena in German is Kampfbahn, Arena {f}
arena in Italian is arena
arena in Spanish is arena
arena in Swedish is arena

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