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  • Massena
    Massena
    noun
    a city in N New York, on the St. Lawrence River.
  • Masséna
    Masséna
    noun
    André Duc de Rivoli and Prince d'Essling 1758–1817, French marshal under Napoleon I.

Massena

1 American  
[muh-see-nuh] / məˈsi nə /

noun

  1. a city in N New York, on the St. Lawrence River.


Masséna 2 American  
[ma-say-na] / ma seɪˈna /

noun

  1. André Duc de Rivoli and Prince d'Essling 1758–1817, French marshal under Napoleon I.


Masséna British  
/ masena /

noun

  1. André (ɑ̃dre), Prince d'Essling. 1758–1817, French marshal under Napoleon I: victories at Saorgio (1794), Loano (1795), Rivoli (1797), Zürich (1799), and Caldiero (1805): defeated by Wellington in the Peninsular War (1810–11)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Air Products is building a small green hydrogen facility in Casa Grande, Arizona, that’ll be on stream in early 2024 and a larger one in Massena, New York, that will be ready in 2026.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2023

She used to love her 45-minute commute from her home in Massena, N.Y., to nearby Lisbon.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 11, 2022

Police ultimately identified the suspect as being 31-year-old Michael Snow and executed a search warrant at his home in Massena, New York – approximately 25 miles away – the next day.

From Fox News ● Feb. 23, 2022

Across the state, a former aluminum plant in Massena, already one of the biggest cryptocurrency sites in the United States, is expanding.

From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2021

Massena, at the siege of Genoa, is represented with a great deal of simple force.

From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Margaret Fuller

Named after Anna Masséna, Duchess of Rivoli, these colorful birds are native to the western coastal regions of North America and have become year-round residents in the Puget Sound region.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 29, 2021

Austro-Russian jealousies, Masséna was able to gain an important victory at Zurich over a Russian army.

From The Life of Napoleon I (Complete) by John Holland Rose

Her last work was a treatise of the Constitutional Government, entitled "Considerations sur les Principaux Evénements de la Révolution Française," and published posthumously by her long time German companion Death of Masséna and adviser, Schlegel.

From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Edwin Emerson

Wellington had not escaped criticism at home for allowing Masséna to remain so long unmolested near Santarem.

From The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) by George C. (George Charles) Brodrick

He at once began his retreat, followed in force by Masséna, who was driven off by the rear-guard.

From Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris

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