Helena

proper nouncommon in dialogue

//ˈhɛlənə//
//hɛˈliːnə//

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

proper noun

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A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Stay gentle Helena, heare my excuſe: / My loue, my life, my ſoule, faire Helena.
The family tree boasts an astonishing array of celebrated historical figures from the prophet Isaiah to Sir Isaiah Berlin, from Felix Mendelssohn to Karl Marx and Moses Montefiore. The list also includes Yehudi Menuhin, Helena Rubinstein, the Rothschilds and even Rosenstein himself.
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A transliteration of the Pannonian Rusyn female given name Гелена (Helena), equivalent to Helen.
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A number of places in the United States: The capital city of Montana, and the county seat of Lewis and Clark County.
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A number of places in the United States: A city in Jefferson County and Shelby County, Alabama.
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A number of places in the United States: A city in Helena-West Helena, Phillips County, Arkansas.
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A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Trinity County, California.
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A number of places in the United States: A former city in Georgia, now part of McRae-Helena.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Tensas Parish, Louisiana.
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A number of places in the United States: A township in Antrim County, Michigan.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Sand Beach Township, Huron County, Michigan.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Turin Township, Marquette County, Michigan.
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A number of places in the United States: A township in Scott County, Minnesota.
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A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Jackson County, Mississippi.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Andrew County, Missouri.
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A number of places in the United States: A hamlet in the town of Brasher, St. Lawrence County, New York.
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A number of places in the United States: A village in Sandusky Township, Sandusky County, Ohio.
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A number of places in the United States: A town in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma.
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A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Newberry County, South Carolina.
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A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Karnes County, Texas.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in the town of Arena, Iowa County, Wisconsin.
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A village in the Demerara-Mahaica region, Guyana.

Etymology

A Latinate form of Helen, borrowed from Latin Helena.

Hel · The goddess of the realm of the unheroic dead, a daughter of…helen · Either of a pair of curved, spine-like appendages on some…Helen · The daughter of Zeus and Leda, considered to be the most…

Helena · A female given name from Ancient Greek.

Helene · A female given name from Ancient Greek.Helga · A female given name from Old Norse occasionally borrowed from…helicopter · An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long…

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