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Modjeska

American  
[maw-jes-kuh] / mɔˈdʒɛs kə /

noun

  1. Helena Helena Opid Modrzejewska, 1840–1909, Polish actress, in U.S. after 1876.


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The Modjeska Canyon resident is volunteering for her community’s fire watch and has had to flee her home multiple times during conflagrations but has never lost her home.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 15, 2025

The Orange County Sheriff’s Department issued a voluntary evacuation warning Tuesday for Silverado Canyon, Williams Canyon and Modjeska in the Bond fire burn area.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 9, 2022

Next up is creating a new interpretive frame at the Modjeska Monteith Simkins home.

From Washington Times Jan. 5, 2020

The twin peaks of Modjeska and Santiago, called Old Saddleback, framed the view, as they did in most of the county, one thing that never changed.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 5, 2018

I had spoken for a few minutes, when Madame Modjeska, accompanied by her husband, arrived and took a seat on the first row of the orchestra stalls.

From A Frenchman in America Recollections of Men and Things by O'Rell, Max

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