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Elena

American  
[el-uh-nuh, uh-lay-nuh, e-le-nah] / ˈɛl ə nə, əˈleɪ nə, ɛˈlɛ nɑ /

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Helen.


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As Justice Elena Kagan noted, one way to keep this area of law consistent is for the court to follow its own precedent, in a case called Kisor v.

From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2026

“In Spain, we don’t have things like this,” said Elena Roig Roger, the founder of Dogtitude, an Ibizan line of dog and human clothing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Veres also has worked as a state politics adviser, including for Sen. María Elena Durazo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

To test the idea under controlled conditions, Seiler enlisted retired Berkeley chemists David Kreimer and Elena Kreimer, a retired manager of the College of Chemistry's Microanalytical Facility.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

She had forgotten, until they were face-to-face, how Elena so often talked to her as if she were a child, as if she, Elena, were the expert in everything and Elizabeth should be taking notes.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

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