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Ziska

[ German tsis-kah ]

noun

  1. Jo·hann [yoh, -hahn]. Žižka, Jan.


Ziska

/ ˈzɪskə; ˈʒiʃka /

noun

  1. ZiskaJan?13701424MBohemianMILITARY: soldierPOLITICS: Hussite leader Jan (jan). ?1370–1424, Bohemian soldier, who successfully led the Hussite rebellion (1420–24) against emperor Sigismund


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Example Sentences

For example, Ziska points to grains like wheat and rice, which are described as “self-fruiting.”

From Eater

His own half-formulated doubts shouldered to the fore, which was doubly unpleasant after he'd been considering Ellen Ziska.

Nor did he forget to read the lives of men like Scanderbeg and Ziska, who could teach him many unusual lessons.

The Tabor of Bohemia is still more celebrated by the resistance which the imperial armies encountered from Ziska.

The skin of Ziska, the Bohemian reformer, was made into a "medicine drum" by his followers.

Nicolas of Hussinez, Huss's former lord, and Ziska's seconder in this outbreak, was banished from the city by the king.

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