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Jena

[ yey-nah ]

noun

  1. a city in central Germany: Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians here in 1806.


Jena

/ ˈjeːna /

noun

  1. 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: 102 634 (2003 est)


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Now Jena Malone is 30, and with roles in Inherent Vice, The Hunger Games, and a massive superhero film, all the rage.

But while Jena has had some success battling extremism, the news is not so positive around the country.

The NPD branch in the state of Thuringia, where Jena is located, quickly issued accolades on Monday to Schröter on its website.

“In theory, yes,” says Jena Pincott, author of Do Gentleman Really Prefer Blondes?

Baroness Schopenhauer died at Jena; a woman of talent and celebrity, and author of various works, which were collected in 24 vols.

At one fell swoop on the field of Jena, the famed military monarchy of the great Frederick fell in pieces like a potter's vessel.

On October ninth, three weeks afterward, the prince was invited by Napoleon to hunt hares on the battle-field of Jena!

Raw recruits some of them, against the veterans of Jena and of Wagram!

It included also the University of Jena, which at that time numbered some of the foremost men of Germany among its professors.

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