Ziska

[ German tsis-kah ]

/ German ˈtsɪs kɑ /

Jo·hann

[yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/. Žižka, Jan.

Example sentences from the Web for ziska

It is held now by military experts that Ziska was the greatest military genius of the age.

History of the Moravian Church |J. E. Hutton
"It is not for that," said Nina, thinking of her cousin Ziska's offer.

Nina Balatka |Anthony Trollope
In Ziska, their blind chief, the Hussites had a leader with a born genius for war.

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 |Various
In 1423 Ziska invaded Moravia and Austria, to keep his troops employed, and lost severely in doing so.

Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) |Charles Morris

Samuel Loth, her brother, then came up and readily offered to take Ziska into the midst of the worshippers.

Nina Balatka |Anthony Trollope

Ziska

/ (ˈzɪskə) /

Jan (jan). ?1370–1424, Bohemian soldier, who successfully led the Hussite rebellion (1420–24) against emperor Sigismund