< 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
ZENTA, a market town of Hungary, In the county of Bács-Bodrog, 133 m. S .E . of Budapest by rail. Pop. (1900) 28,582. It is situated on the right bank of the river Theiss, and is historicaOy known for the decisive victory won in its vicinity by Prince Eugene of Savoy over the Turks on the 11th of September 1697.
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