Helen

helen Helén hælen Hælen English thumb|150px|Helen of Troy (painting) Helen of Troy (1898) by English painter Evelyn De Morgan Etymology From en fr Hélène, from en la Helena, from en grc Ἑλένη. en Elaine. Pronunciation en /ˈhɛlən/ en en-us-Helen.ogg US en ɛlən 2 Proper noun ~ s en Helen of Troy en Greek mythology The daughter of Zeus and Leda, considered to be the most beautiful woman in the world; her abduction by Paris brought about the Trojan War. I I Fools on both sides! Helen must needs be fair,When with your blood you daily paint her thus. en female Ancient Greek. en 1928 w:Agatha Christie The Mystery of the Blue Train "Is her name Ellen or Helen, Miss Viner? I thought —"Miss Viner closed her eyes."I can sound my h's, dear, as well as anyone, but Helen is not a suitable name for a servant. I don't know what the mothers in the lower classes are coming to nowadays." en 1993 w:Oscar Hijuelos The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien 0-14-023028-9 6 ...in 1910 she brought Helen into the world, the little female, or "mujercita", as her mother called all the babies, naming her after the glittery label on a facial ointment, The Helen of Troy Beauty Pomade, said to eradicate wrinkles, to soften and add a youthful glow to the user's skin - a fortuitous choice because, of all the sisters, she would be the most beautiful and, never growing old, would always possess the face of a winsome adolescent beauty. en 2003 w:Deborah Crombie A Share in Death HarperCollins 0060534389 189 Gemma followed her, thinking that Helen seemed rather an old-fashioned and elegant name for this rumpled young mother. en place c/USA: en minor city co/White County s/Georgia. en ucomm co/St. Mary's County s/Maryland. en CDP co/Raleigh County s/West Virginia. Derived terms en Helendale Helenean Helengrad helenite Helensburgh Helensville millihelenMount Helen St Helens,St. Helens Theddlethorpe St Helen Related terms en Elaine, en Elena, en Ellen, en Ellie, en Helena, en Helene, en Ilona, en Lena, en Nell, en Nellie Descendants 1 da Helen 1 et Helen 1 haw Helena 1 no Helen 1 sv Helen Translations (Greek mythology) the daughter of Zeus and Leda Armenian: hy Հեղինե Catalan: ca Helena French: fr Hélène f Galician: gl Helena f German: de Helena Greek: el Ελένη f Ancient Greek: grc Ἑλένη f Hungarian: hu Helené Italian: it Elena Latin: la Helena Polish: pl Helena f Portuguese: pt Helena f Russian: ru Еле́на Spanish: es Helena female given name Arabic: ar هِيلِين f hīlin, ar هِيلِين f helen Armenian: hy Հեղինե Old Armenian: xcl Հեղինէ Belarusian: be Але́на f Breton: br Elen f, br Lena f Bulgarian: bg Еле́на f Catalan: ca Helena, ca Elena Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 海倫 Hǎilún Czech: cs Helena Danish: da Helene c Dutch: nl Eliene f, nl Leen f Esperanto: eo Heleno Estonian: et Helena Finnish: fi Helena French: fr Hélène f Old French: fro Helaine Galician: gl Helena f Georgian: ka ელენე German: de Helene f Greek: el Ελένη f, el Έλενα Greenlandic: kl Helene, kl Iiliit Gujarati: gu હેલેન f Hawaiian: haw Helena Hebrew: he הלני f heléni הִילְנִי Hungarian: hu Ilona, hu Helén, hu Heléna Icelandic: is Elín f, is Helena f Ingrian: izh Jelena, izh Olena Inuktitut: iu ᐦᐄᓕᓐ Irish: ga Léan Italian: it Elena f Japanese: ja ヘレン Heren Korean: ko ^헬레나, ko ^헬렌 Latvian: lv Helēna f Lithuanian: lt Elena f Mansi: Northern Mansi: mns-nor Лелюк Marathi: mr हेलेन f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Helene Occitan: oc Elena f, oc Alena f Persian: fa هلن helen Polish: pl Helena f Portuguese: pt Elena f, pt Helena f Romanian: ro Ileana Russian: ru Еле́на f, ru Алёна f cognates, ru Хе́лен f Xɛ́len transliteration Scottish Gaelic: gd Eilidh Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Јелена f, sh Хелена f Latin: sh Jelena f, sh Helena f Sicilian: scn Èlina f Slovak: sk Helena f Slovene: sl Helena f Spanish: es Elena f Swedish: sv Helena c Turkish: tr Aleyna Ukrainian: uk Оле́на f, uk Альона f, uk Еліна f Vietnamese: vi Hêlêna Roman Catholic, vi Êlêna Roman Catholic, vi Hà Liên Roman Catholic Welsh: cy Elen f Yakut: sah Олооно Noun Any of various papilionid butterflies of the genus Papilio genus. en 2017 David G. James The Book of Caterpillars 58 The Yellow Helen belongs to a clade of related swallowtail butterflies, the helenus group, or Helens, which are typically large, predominantly black butterflies with long tails and a large, white area on the hindwings. Derived terms en black and white Helen (Papilio chaon species) Anagrams en eehln Ehlen en Trojan War Swallowtails Danish Proper noun da proper noun da female borrowed from da en - Estonian Pronunciation Proper noun et proper noun et female, short form of et Helena, also borrowed from et en Helen Norwegian Proper noun no proper noun no female borrowed from no en - Swedish Pronunciation sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Helen.wav Proper noun c sv female borrowed from sv en - Turkish tr: Proper noun tr Greek god Helen