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Proper Noun

1. 1
   A female given name from Ancient Greek.

   "Stay gentle Helena, heare my excuſe: / My loue, my life, my ſoule, faire Helena."

2. 2
   A transliteration of the Pannonian Rusyn female given name Гелена (Helena), equivalent to Helen.
3. 3
   A number of places in the United States:; The capital city of Montana, and the county seat of Lewis and Clark County.
4. 4
   A number of places in the United States:; A city in Jefferson County and Shelby County, Alabama.
5. 5
   A number of places in the United States:; A city in Helena-West Helena, Phillips County, Arkansas.

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6. 6
   A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Trinity County, California.
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   A number of places in the United States:; A former city in Georgia, now part of McRae-Helena.
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   A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Tensas Parish, Louisiana.
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   A number of places in the United States:; A township in Antrim County, Michigan.
10. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Sand Beach Township, Huron County, Michigan.
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    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Turin Township, Marquette County, Michigan.
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    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Scott County, Minnesota.
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    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Jackson County, Mississippi.
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    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Andrew County, Missouri.
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    A number of places in the United States:; A hamlet in the town of Brasher, St. Lawrence County, New York.
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    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Sandusky Township, Sandusky County, Ohio.
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    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma.
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    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Newberry County, South Carolina.
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    A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Karnes County, Texas.
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    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in the town of Arena, Iowa County, Wisconsin.
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    A village in the Demerara-Mahaica region, Guyana.

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capital of montana

Example

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"Napoleon was exiled to St. Helena."

Etymology

A Latinate form of Helen, borrowed from Latin Helena.

Related phrases

Helena-West HelenaMcRae-HelenaMount HelenaSaint HelenaSt HelenaSt. Helenacapital citycounty seathelena west helenalewis and clark countymcrae helenanew york

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