Jena

[ yey-nah ]

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

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Jena

/ (German 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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