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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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Lucy Ellen Halpin, 18, died on 11 July after going to the Tonnau festival near Llanfaethlu on Anglesey.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Ellen Zentner is chief economic strategist and global head of thematic and macroeconomic investing for Morgan Stanley Wealth Management.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

DWP spokesperson Ellen Cheng said her agency has no authority over requirements for rapid shutdown devices.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

In practice, Greenspan ran the committee as “kind of a dictator,” said Ellen Meade, a former Fed economist who now teaches at Duke University.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

Ellen, too, was taken of it, and I was left alone and helpless.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli

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