arină

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arină

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Inherited from Latin arēna. Compare Italian arena, rena, Sicilian rina, Portuguese areia, Aromanian arinã. Now a regional term, mostly replaced by nisip - a Slavic borrowing.

Compare arenă, a borrowed doublet.

noun arine

Transylvania, archaic, feminine, rare sand
Similar: nisip

In English

sand finely ground rock

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"arină." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/arin%C4%83. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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arină. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/arin%C4%83

Chicago

"arină." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/arin%C4%83.

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@misc{arina_2026,
  title = {arină},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/arin%C4%83},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}