Smetana

American

[sme-tah-nah, smet-n-uh] / ˈsmɛ tɑ nɑ, ˈsmɛt n ə /

noun

Bedřich 1824–84, Czech composer.

Smetana British

/ ˈsmɛtana /

noun

Bedřich (ˈbɛdrʒix). 1824–84, Czech composer, founder of his country's national school of music. His works include My Fatherland (1874–79), a cycle of six symphonic poems, and the opera The Bartered Bride (1866)

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To overcome this barrier, Smetana teamed up with computational seismologists Rhys Hawkins and Jeannot Trampert from Utrecht University, along with Matthias Schlottbom and Muhammad Hamza Khalid from the University of Twente in the Netherlands.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 6, 2026

Fadia loves the theme music from the film “LaLa Land” and Smetana dances.

From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2023

This skill was on full display in the Smetana.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 6, 2022

Mikhailo Smetana, a graphic designer, packed his and his wife's things after the Russian invasion on Feb. 24 but never felt it was the right time to leave.

From Reuters ● Apr. 7, 2022

Smetana was a brilliant composer, but his value lies in his awakening of the Bohemians to musical creation.

From A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present by W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock) Mathews

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