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ARENA (Lat. for " sand ")

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 452 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ARENA (Lat. for " sand ")

ARENA (See also:
LAT
Lat. for " See also:
SAND
SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)
sand ") , the central See also:

AREA

area of an See also:

AMPHITHEATRE (Gr. 441, around, and O&arpov, a place for spectators)

amphitheatre on which the gladiatorial displays took See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, its name being derived from the See also:

sand with which it was covered . The word is applied sometimes to any level open space on which See also:

SPECTACLES

spectacles take place .

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