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Jena

American

[yey-nah] / ˈyeɪ nɑ /

noun

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

Jena British

/ ˈjeːna /

noun

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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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 • Jan. 1, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

Former Washington, D.C., restaurateurs, the Carrs moved to Long Beach in 2022 to be closer to Jena Carr’s family.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2025

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 • Jul. 19, 2025

On the other side of the arena, the Demons are shouting at one another, and Tremaine is stalking away from Jena without so much as looking up at the audience.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

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