Save Gender Feminine Usage Spanish (Modern, Rare), Catalan (Modern, Rare) Pronounced Pron. [ä.ˈɾe̞.nä](Spanish) /ə.ˈɾ̺ɛ.n̺ə/(Catalan) [key·simplify] 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.