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Helena

proper noun

  1. female given name
  2. place name
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈhɛlənə/ / /hɛˈliːnə/

name

Etymology: A Latinate form of Helen, borrowed from Latin Helena.

  1. 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.

  2. A transliteration of the Pannonian Rusyn female given name Гелена (Helena), equivalent to Helen.
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  21. A village in the Demerara-Mahaica region, Guyana.