Helena

[hel-uh-nuh, huh-lee-nuh]

noun

1. Saint, c247–c330, mother of Constantine I.

2. a city in and the capital of Montana, in the W part.

3. a female given name, form of Helen.

Helena

¹

/ ˈhɛlənə /

noun

1. a city in W Montana: the state capital. Pop: 26 718 (2003 est)

Helena

²

/ hɛlənə /

noun

1. Saint. ?248–?328 _ad , Roman empress, mother of Constantine I. After converting to Christianity (313) she made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land (?326) where she supposedly discovered the cross on which Christ died. Feast day: May 21

Example Sentences

"Just one area left," Helena Dunk, the aesthetic nurse practitioner who owns the clinic, Skin HD, reassures her.

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It still owns the overseas territory of St. Helena, a small and isolated island, relatively easy to secure.

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After the arrest Mr Scott, from nearby St Ives, said the "adrenaline was still pumping", and when he phoned his daughter Helena, it was a "massive relief" to learn she was not on that train.

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The Chinese Embassy in London told the BBC "the Helena Kennedy Centre at the Sheffield Hallam University has released multiple fake reports on Xinjiang that are seriously flawed".

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And St. Helena’s Louis M. Martini commissions contemporary works inspired by winemaking in its tasting room.

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