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Ziska

American  
[tsis-kah] / ˈtsɪs kɑ /

noun

  1. Johann Žižka, Jan.


Ziska British  
/ ˈzɪskə, ˈʒiʃka /

noun

  1. Jan (jan). ?1370–1424, Bohemian soldier, who successfully led the Hussite rebellion (1420–24) against emperor Sigismund

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The hope is that more countries will follow, though there is no “one-size-fits-all,” said Lewis H. Ziska, a professor of environmental health sciences at Columbia University.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 22, 2024

“We are in a fundamentally different moment,” said Lewis H. Ziska, a professor of environmental health sciences at Columbia University.

From Seattle Times • May 21, 2023

“They know this is an expectation because their professors put it out there,” says Kristin Ziska Strange, UA’s assistant director of technology and innovation.

From The Verge • Apr. 29, 2020

Ziska and a clutch of deputy chefs served the mahogany clams, explaining that they are among the ocean’s most long-lived creatures.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 11, 2018

Little did the Tribune writer think that his allusion to Ziska would prove almost literally true.

From John Brown: A Retrospect Read before The Worcester Society of Antiquity, Dec. 2, 1884. by Roe, Alfred S. (Alfred Seelye)