Save Gender Feminine Usage Spanish (Modern, Rare), Catalan (Modern, Rare) Pronounced Pron. a-REH-na(Spanish) ə-REH-nə(Catalan) [key·IPA] Meaning & History Means "sand" in Spanish and Catalan. The word is derived from Latin arēna, harēna, from the earlier form *hasēna, which may be Etruscan in origin.