Sports such as bullbaiting and cockfighting that declined in the late nineteenth century to be replaced by spectator sports, gambling on spectator sports, and other leisure activities like the theater, opera, and music hall.
Latin Meaning: The name Arabella is a Latin baby name. In Latin the meaning of the name Arabella is: Derived from 'orabilis' meaning yielding to prayer. Famous bearer: Lady Arabella Stuart was cousin of King James VI of Scotland. Also ameaning beautiful, loving, lovable, graceful.
The name means pretty one in spanish. In Greek it is a variant of the name Melania (evolved into Melinda) and it means black haired one. In Old German it means serpent. But it is actually used for the name Belinda which is based on two names BEL (the old serpent and Linda).