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Ellen

American  
[el-uhn] / ˈɛl ən /
Or Ellin

noun

  1. Mount, a mountain in S Utah. 11,522 feet (3,514 meters).

  2. a female given name, form of Helen.


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He was put in a medically induced coma, his wife Ellen recounted to AFP, and was in intensive care for about a month.

From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026

Ellen White: If they can put in a big performance against Haiti and give themselves some momentum and confidence then that can get them into the knockout rounds.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

When Lois Neville and Ellen Boudreau-Den Herder became co-executive directors of the Hollywood Fringe Festival in early 2020, their first job, Neville likes to joke, was to cancel it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Ellen Meade, an associate professor of economics at Duke University, said she thinks Warsh will want to demonstrate at his first press conference that there is a “new world” at the Fed.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

“Oh, I don’t mind. Great Ellen said it was time for a new batch.”

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

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