Jena

American  

[yey-nah] / ˈyeɪ nɑ /

noun

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

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Jena British  

/ 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)

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Example Sentences

"We observe an epigenetic pattern that becomes increasingly apparent with age," says Prof. Neri, formerly a group leader at the Leibniz Institute on Aging -- Fritz Lipmann Institute in Jena.

From Science Daily

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena wanted to understand how these chemical defenses move through the forest food web.

From Science Daily

My wife, Jena, sits in the front seat with her hair up, looking equally the part.

From The Wall Street Journal

It’s that kind of moment Jena Carr, 39, had dreamed of when she and her husband, Matt, 40, opened Cool Cat Collective last year.

From Los Angeles Times

She points to this year's flyweight tournament finalist Jena Bishop, who Ditcheva knocked out in the first round last August, as an example.

From BBC