Massena

[ muh-see-nuh ]
/ məˈsi nə /

noun

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

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Masséna
[ ma-sey-na ]
/ ma seɪˈna /

noun

An·dré [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/, Duc de Ri·vo·li [French ree-vaw-lee; Italian ree-vaw-lee] /French ri vɔˈli; Italian ˈri vɔ li/and Prince d'Ess·ling [des-ling] /ˈdɛs lɪŋ/,1758–1817, French marshal under Napoleon I.
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Masséna
/ (French masena) /

noun

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)
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