Lena
Lena River, a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2,800 miles (4,500 km) long.
a female given name, form of Helena.
Words Nearby Lena
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
How to use Lena in a sentence
I think a Lena Dunham does not think, “is this too much of me?”
Daphne Merkin on Lena Dunham, Book Criticism, and Self-Examination | Mindy Farabee | December 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOn the other end of the spectrum, there lies an artist like Lena Dunham, who engages in a flaunting of the flawed self.
Daphne Merkin on Lena Dunham, Book Criticism, and Self-Examination | Mindy Farabee | December 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMy editor called and said, “Do a column on this Lena Dunham flap!”
Up to a Point: They Made Me Write About Lena Dunham | P. J. O’Rourke | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYet, after flipping through Not That Kind of Girl, I do begin to understand what “this Lena Dunham flap” is about.
Up to a Point: They Made Me Write About Lena Dunham | P. J. O’Rourke | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe only Lena I know of is Lena Horne, a wonderful performer, who is not involved in any flaps, and who is also dead.
Up to a Point: They Made Me Write About Lena Dunham | P. J. O’Rourke | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
With a lurch the Lena Knobloch swung as the anchor broke ground.
Boy Scouts in the North Sea | G. Harvey RalphsonThe Lena Knobloch was a schooner-rigged 68 vessel with two masts.
Boy Scouts in the North Sea | G. Harvey RalphsonThey collected the kits of the four who had left Amsterdam on the Lena Knobloch.
Boy Scouts in the North Sea | G. Harvey RalphsonConnal, son of Colgar, I see a cloud of death: it hovers dark over the plains of Lena.
The Mysteries of All Nations | James GrantBurning with mortification, Jack quitted the house with despair in his heart, for it seemed as if Lena was lost to him forever.
Jack Harkaway in New York | Bracebridge Hemyng
British Dictionary definitions for Lena
/ (ˈliːnə, Russian ˈljɛnə) /
a river in Russia, rising in S Siberia and flowing generally north through the Sakha Republic to the Laptev Sea by an extensive delta: the longest river in Russia. Length: 4271 km (2653 miles)
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
Browse