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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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Many years later, after I moved to Los Angeles, my role on “The Ellen Show” sitcom introduced me to a much wider audience.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Some of those projects like the LIV Golf Tour never seemed to add up in the first place, according to Ellen R Wald.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

He began his last season in Disney in the fall with the world premiere of Ellen Reid’s “Earth Between Oceans,” a bicoastal co-commission between the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

“No major medical organizations were represented at the gathering,” Times reporter Ellen Barry noted, and it’s not a surprise why.

From Salon • May 18, 2026

I forgot what I had planned to say, but Ellen was so funny and easy to talk to that our conversation seemed to end before we could really get started.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

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