Helen

Etymology
From Ἑλένη:, possibly connected with ἥλιος:.

Pronunciation




Proper noun

 * 1)  Helen of Troy, a famous beauty in classical Greek legend.

Related terms

 * Elaine, Elena, Ellen, Ellie, Helena, Helene, Ilona, Lena, Nell, Nellie

Quotations

 * 1602 William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, Act I, Scene I
 * Fools on both sides! Helen must needs be fair,
 * When with your blood you daily paint her thus.
 * 1928 Agatha Christie, The Mystery of the Blue Train
 * "Is her name Ellen or Helen, Miss Viner? I thought - "
 * Miss Viner closed her eyes.
 * "I can sound my h's, dear, as well as anyone, but Helen is not a suitable name for a servant. I don't know what the mothers in the lower classes are coming to nowadays."
 * 1993 Oscar Hijuelos, The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien, ISBN 0-14-023028-9, page 6:
 * in 1910 she brought Helen into the world, the little female, or "mujercita", as her mother called all the babies, naming her after the glittery label on a facial ointment, The Helen of Troy Beauty Pomade, said to eradicate wrinkles, to soften and add a youthful glow to the user's skin - a fortuitous choice because, of all the sisters, she would be the most beautiful and, never growing old, would always possess the face of a winsome adolescent beauty.
 * 2003 Deborah Crombie, A Share in Death'', HarperCollins, ISBN 0060534389, page 189
 * Gemma followed her, thinking that Helen seemed rather an old-fashioned and elegant name for this rumpled young mother.

Translations

 * Arabic: هيلين
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 * Mandarin: 海倫, 海伦
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 * Japanese: ヘレン
 * Latvian: Helēna
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 * Russian:, Хелен
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Proper noun

 * 1)  borrowed from.

Proper noun

 * , short form of Helena:, also borrowed from Helen.

Proper noun

 * 1)  borrowed from.

Proper noun

 * 1)  borrowed from.

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