Jena

[ yey-nah ]

noun

1. a city in central Germany: Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians here in 1806.

Jena

/ ˈjeːna /

noun

1. a city in E central Germany, in Thuringia: university (1558), at which Hegel and Schiller taught; site of the battle (1806) in which Napoleon Bonaparte defeated the Prussians; optical and precision instrument industry. Pop: 102 634 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

She was in the room with His Honor in Jena and I could only see them through a screen.

From Washington Blade

He works at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany.

From Science News For Students

Jake’s family — Sam, Jena and Morgen — are such vital parts of our Longhorn family, and we will be here to support them in any and every way we can during this very difficult time.

From Washington Post

About 2 percent of the genes in DNA from that fossil, identified as a female’s, also come from Neandertals, say evolutionary geneticist Kay Prüfer of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany, and his colleagues.

From Science News

He’s a biologist at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany.

From Science News For Students

Now Jena Malone is 30, and with roles in Inherent Vice, The Hunger Games, and a massive superhero film, all the rage.

From The Daily Beast

But while Jena has had some success battling extremism, the news is not so positive around the country.

From The Daily Beast

The NPD branch in the state of Thuringia, where Jena is located, quickly issued accolades on Monday to Schröter on its website.

From The Daily Beast

“In theory, yes,” says Jena Pincott, author of Do Gentleman Really Prefer Blondes?

From The Daily Beast

Baroness Schopenhauer died at Jena; a woman of talent and celebrity, and author of various works, which were collected in 24 vols.

From Project Gutenberg

At one fell swoop on the field of Jena, the famed military monarchy of the great Frederick fell in pieces like a potter's vessel.

From Project Gutenberg

On October ninth, three weeks afterward, the prince was invited by Napoleon to hunt hares on the battle-field of Jena!

From Project Gutenberg

Raw recruits some of them, against the veterans of Jena and of Wagram!

From Project Gutenberg

It included also the University of Jena, which at that time numbered some of the foremost men of Germany among its professors.

From Project Gutenberg