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

Kevin Butler and Jena MacCabe said Flores “chose to forgo his prosecution by declining the immigration judge’s relief offers.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

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

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

Because of the congestion on the roads to Jena, some protestors left their vehicles and walked into town on foot.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander