Elena

American  

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

noun

1. a female given name, form of Helen.

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Example Sentences

Kartal said she will prioritise recovery for her back before she meets Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina, the reigning Australian Open champion, in the last 16.

From BBC

At the root of their doubts and anxieties, Elena Schneider reports, is the “massive injection of cash” it would take to even contest the state, “while there are other, cheaper options on the Senate landscape.”

From Salon

If you actually think about it, what Justice Amy Coney Barrett said, what Justice Neil Gorsuch said, what Justice Elena Kagan said in her concurrence, and what the chief justice said?

From Slate

Perhaps as interesting for understanding the dynamics at play on the court, however, are the different approaches to statutory interpretation taken by the two liberal concurrences, one authored by Justice Elena Kagan and the other by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

From Slate

Justice Elena Kagan wrote in a dissent joined by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson that the court received “scant and, frankly, inadequate briefing about the legal issues in dispute.”

From Los Angeles Times