BATTLE OF JENA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Battle of Jena mean? 

• BATTLE OF JENA (noun)
  The noun BATTLE OF JENA has 1 sense:

1. the battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians

  Familiarity information: BATTLE OF JENA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BATTLE OF JENA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Battle of Jena; Jena

Instance hypernyms:

pitched battle (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)

Domain region:

Deutschland; Federal Republic of Germany; FRG; Germany (a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990)

Holonyms ("Battle of Jena" is a part of...):

Napoleonic Wars (a series of wars fought between France (led by Napoleon Bonaparte) and alliances involving England and Prussia and Russia and Austria at different times; 1799-1815)