Jena
[yey-nah]
- a city in central Germany: Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians here in 1806.
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Contemporary Examples
Now Jena Malone is 30, and with roles in Inherent Vice, The Hunger Games, and a massive superhero film, all the rage.
Jena Malone’s Long, Strange Trip From Homelessness to Hollywood StardomMarlow Stern
December 22, 2014
But while Jena has had some success battling extremism, the news is not so positive around the country.
The NPD branch in the state of Thuringia, where Jena is located, quickly issued accolades on Monday to Schröter on its website.
“In theory, yes,” says Jena Pincott, author of Do Gentleman Really Prefer Blondes?
Historical Examples
Oct. 14th, 1806, the terrible defeat at Jena put Prussia in the hands of the enemy.
Blood and IronJohn Hubert Greusel
Did you go through the papers at the time of the Jena disaster?
The DestroyerBurton Egbert Stevenson
Melanchthon indignantly left the court and returned to Jena.
The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)Henry Martyn Baird
The most suitable fete the Germans can devise for him is a celebration of Jena and Auerstadt.
War and PeaceLeo Tolstoy
"I met the Countess of Jena there the other day," I responded.
The Merry-Go-RoundCarl Van Vechten
Jena
- 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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