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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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"You compare the data from your computer simulation with actual data that you got from earthquakes," says Smetana.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 6, 2026

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

At City Hospital No. 3, Anna Smetana sat up in a cot, sobbing.

From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2022

The intensity of this national feeling appears when Smetana himself, the minstrel of the people, is charged at home with yielding to the foreign influence.

From Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies by Philip H. Goepp

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