Lenya

American  

[len-yuh, leyn-] / ˈlɛn jə, ˈleɪn- /

noun

1. Lotte Karoline Blamauer, 1900–81, Austrian actress and singer, in the U.S. after 1935 (wife of Kurt Weill).

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Lenya British  

/ ˈlɛnjə /

noun

1. Lotte (ˈlɒtɪ), original name Caroline Blamauer. 1900–81, Austrian singer and actress, associated esp with the songs of her husband Kurt Weill

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Lenya

Meanwhile, we could do without descriptions of Harry Truman’s attire at Potsdam or what Kurt Weill wrote to Lotte Lenya on V-E Day—a dozen years after the couple fled Europe for show-business success in America.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

Although it seems counterintuitive, the escape actually demonstrated the need for agencies and partners to put more fire on the landscape, said Lenya Quinn-Davidson, area fire advisor for the University of California Cooperative Extension.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2022

Lenya Quinn-Davidson, director of the Northern California Prescribed Fire Council, said conditions have been ripe for an active wildfire season.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 2, 2021

“Kabarett & Cabaret” This In Series musical revue focuses on stars of the ’40s who fled Nazi Germany, such as Marlene Dietrich, Lotte Lenya and Kurt Weill.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 16, 2016

The orchestra had a dance-band lineup and the singer-actors, among whom was Weill's wife Lotte Lenya, could not have sounded less like opera stars.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 18, 2013