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Jena

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Je·na  (yn)
A city of central Germany southwest of Leipzig. Napoleon I decisively defeated the Prussians here on October 14, 1806. Population: 102,000.
Jena (German) [ˈjeːna]
n
(Placename) a city in E central Germany, in Thuringia: university (1558), at which Hegel and Schiller taught; site of the battle (1806) in which Napoleon Bonaparte defeated the Prussians; optical and precision instrument industry. Pop.: 101 061 (1996 est.)
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Noun1.Jena - the battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the PrussiansJena - the battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians
Battle of Jena
Napoleonic Wars - a series of wars fought between France (led by Napoleon Bonaparte) and alliances involving England and Prussia and Russia and Austria at different times; 1799-1815
Deutschland, FRG, Germany, Federal Republic of Germany - a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990
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Toward the end of 1806, when all the sad details of Napoleon's destruction of the Prussian army at Jena and Auerstadt and the surrender of most of the Prussian fortresses had been received, when our troops had already entered Prussia and our second war with Napoleon was beginning, Anna Pavlovna gave one of her soirees.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
these same Prussians who are so arrogant to-day, were three to one against you at Jena, and six to one at Montmirail.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
Madame Granson, widow of a lieutenant-colonel of artillery killed at Jena, possessed, as her whole means of livelihood, a meagre pension of nine hundred francs a year, and three hundred francs from property of her own, plus a son whose support and education had eaten up all her savings.
An Old Maid by de Balzac, Honore View in context
 
 
 
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