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Hellen

British  
/ ˈhɛlɪn /

noun

  1. (in Greek legend) a Thessalian king and eponymous ancestor of the Hellenes

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Hellen Condori, a 32-year-old shopkeeper with a baby in her arms, is number 132 in the queue.

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

It also didn’t hurt that the female winner of this month’s New York Marathon, Hellen Obiri, broke the course record wearing Ons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025

Kenya's Hellen Obiri finished third, 12 seconds behind Assefa.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2024

His mother, Hellen, was a nurse and his father, Louis Sr., a porter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2024

It is clear that he thought himself bound to respect the tradition, that Achæus and Ion were the sons of Xuthus; which prevented him from making Hellen their father.

From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 by Karl Otfried Müller

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