Comenius

American  

[kuh-mee-nee-uhs] / kəˈmi ni əs /

noun

1. John Amos Jan Amos Komenský, 1592–1670, Moravian educational reformer and bishop.

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Comenius British  

/ kəˈmeɪnɪəs /

noun

1. John Amos, Czech name Jan Amos Komensky. 1592–1670, Czech educational reformer

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Example Sentences

Pavol Prokop, a behavioral ecologist at Comenius University in Bratislava and Institute of Zoology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, has extensively studied the evolution of the human body.

From Salon

“When the situation stabilizes, we should establish programs for research and education at local universities,” says Daniel Jablonski, a zoologist at Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia, who intends to visit Afghanistan “soon” to study biodiversity.

From Science Magazine

The motion was requested by the opposition after a newspaper published allegations that Matovic plagiarized most of his thesis on the impact of the tax system on businesses at Bratislava’s Comenius University in 1998.

From Washington Times

Olga Gyárfášová, an associate professor of European politics at Comenius University in Bratislava, said EU membership was perceived as being “very distant to people’s everyday lives”.

From The Guardian

“She wasn’t perceived as a politician,” Pavol Babos, a political scientist at Comenius University, in Bratislava, told the Wall Street Journal.

From The New Yorker