Modjeska

[maw-jes-kuh]

noun

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

Example Sentences

Near the Depression-era statue of famed 19th century actress Helena Modjeska is where a former girlfriend broke up with me.

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Voluntary evacuations remain in place for Long Canyon and Modjeska Canyon.

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Officials in Orange County issued a voluntary evacuation warning for the Trabuco Canyon, Hot Springs Canyon, Bell Canyon, Long Canyon and Modjeska Canyon areas because of the risk of debris flows near the Airport fire burn scar.

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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.

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In the Airport fire, Modjeska Peak remained dry, and state officials warned smoldering vegetation above 4,000 feet still had the potential to flare and roll downhill to ignite unburned vegetation.

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