Meanings
Jena1
- An independent city in Thuringia, Germany.
- A town, the parish seat of LaSalle Parish, Louisiana, United States, which was named after the German city.
Jena2
- A female given name of rare usage, variant of Gina.
1 more example
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 several books on science and nature, decided to observe Jena to see if he could figure out how she got this way - that is, athletic - and what good or harm her obsession might do her.
1987 June 14, Karen Stabiner, “Putting her Heart through the Hoop”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2017, retrieved 29 Jul 2010
Origin
- GermanJena
- GermanJena
- EnglishJena
Borrowed from German Jena.
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Czech Jena
- Jenaindependent city in Thuringia, Germany
Dutch Jena
- Jenaindependent city in Thuringia, Germany
French Iéna
- Iénaindependent city in Thuringia, Germany
German Jena
- Jenaindependent city in Thuringia, Germany
Hindi येना
- येना (yenā)independent city in Thuringia, Germany
Hungarian Jéna
- Jénaindependent city in Thuringia, Germany
Japanese イェーナ
- イェーナ (Iēna)independent city in Thuringia, Germany
Polish Jena
- Jenaindependent city in Thuringia, Germany
Russian Йе́на
- Йе́на (Jjéna)independent city in Thuringia, Germany
Spanish Jena
- Jenaindependent city in Thuringia, Germany
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Cite this entry
Jena. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jena
“Jena.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jena. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Jena,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jena.
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