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Elsinore

American  
[el-suh-nawr, -nohr] / ˌɛl səˈnɔr, -ˈnoʊr /

noun

  1. Helsingør.


Elsinore British  
/ ˈɛlsɪˌnɔː, ˌɛlsɪˈnɔː /

noun

  1. the English name for Helsingør

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Evacuation orders have been issued in Lake Elsinore as around 300 firefighting personnel combat a wildfire that ignited Friday in a dry and brushy area, authorities said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Rivas Hernandez, from Lake Elsinore in California, had been missing and was last seen in April 2024, according to a missing person flyer cited by CBS, the BBC's US news partner.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025

From San Diego County to Orange and L.A. counties: Use Interstate 15 north instead of Interstate 5, through Temecula and Lake Elsinore, then take Route 91 west to Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2025

It’s an open question whether supershear earthquakes happen on other strike-slip faults in California that are shorter and more irregular, Aagaard said, such as the Newport-Inglewood, the San Jacinto and the Elsinore in Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025

The stone face of Elsinore was sheer and high.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein