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Jena¹

  • /ˈjeɪnə/ German
  • /ˈd͡ʒiːnə/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from German Jena.

proper noun

  1. An independent city in Thuringia, Germany.
  2. A town, the parish seat of LaSalle Parish, Louisiana, United States, which was named after the German city.

Jena²

  • /ˈd͡ʒɛnə/

Sounds like Gena, Jenna

proper noun

  1. A female given name of rare usage, variant of Gina. Jena Janovy is a strange bird—a college basketball player who is a) female and b) short (5 feet 3 inches) and, perhaps oddest of all, lets neither of those things dampen her rabid enthusiasm for the game. […] John Janovy Jr., a professor of biology at the University of Nebraska and the author of sev

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name independent city in Thuringia, Germany

EspañolJena
日本語イェーナ Iēna
हिन्दीयेना yenā
FrançaisIéna
DeutschJena
РусскийЙе́на Jjéna

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MLA

"Jena." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/jena. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Jena. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/jena

Chicago

"Jena." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/jena.

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@misc{jena_2026,
  title = {Jena},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jena},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}