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The Latin word for sand is
arena





sand



Translations for sand and their definitions

arena
     1. n. alternative form of harena
     2. n. singular vocative of arena
     3. n. singular ablative of arena


harena
     1. n. sand
     2. n. (poetically) slime, mud, limus
     3. n. (metonymy) sand, sands, a sandy place, especially—
     4. n.          a sandy desert, waste
     5. n.          the shore of the sea, the beach, coast, strand
     6. n.          the place of combat (strewn with sand) in the amphitheatre, the arena
     7. n.          (transferred) a combat in the amphitheatre; the combatants in the arena
     8. n.          volcanic fire, lava.
     9. n. (figuratively) the place of combat, scene or theatre of any contest (war, a single battle, a dispute, etc.)


ramentum
     1. n. shavings, splinters, chips (especially in plural)
     2. n. la-ndecl, ramentum


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