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St. Helens

American  
[hel-uhnz] / ˈhɛl ənz /

noun

  1. a city in Merseyside, in NW England, near Liverpool.

  2. Mount, an active volcano in SW Washington, part of the Cascade Range: seven major eruptions during 1980, the first since 1854–57. 8,364 feet (2,549 meters).


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Victory for Brad Arthur's side means they leapfrog Wigan Warriors into top spot, after the Cherry and Whites were beaten by a resurgent St Helens earlier on Friday.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Former St Helens rugby league player Tara Jones, from Warrington, Cheshire, has been made an MBE.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2025

"I do get a bit obsessed with mine," Rachael Fairclough from St Helens on Merseyside, tells me.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025

Since then, the club have moved the women into the Melwood training centre - formerly used by the men's team - and switched to playing games at a revamped St Helens Stadium.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2025

Whatever I’d done in Mount St Helens had drained me like nothing else I’d ever experienced.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan