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Helene (French: Hélène) is a female given name, a variant of Helen, using the French spelling. Helen is ultimately from Greek Ἑλένη. [1] The name is used in many other languages. Name days: Hungary (as Helén) - October 14, Estonia - August 18, Greece (as Ελένη) - May 21.
Helen is a feminine name of Greek origin that means "torch" or "light." It can also mean "shining" or "warming." Helen was originally the name of a solar deity. Helen is associated with the phrase "the face that launched a thousand ships." Helen, worshipped as a goddess in Laconia and Rhodes, is a major character in Greek mythology.
Helene (name), a Greek feminine given name; Helen of Troy, the daughter of Zeus and Leda; Helene, a figure in Greek mythology who was a friend of Aphrodite and helped her seduce Adonis; Helene, a daughter of Tityrus and an Amazon who fought Achilles and died after he seriously wounded her; Helene, the consort of Simon Magus in Adversus Haereses
Helen of Troy, ak. in Latin as Helena, a figure in Greek mythology; Helena of Egypt, 4th century BC painter; Helena of Adiabene (died c. 56), Assyrian queen; Helena, mother of Constantine I (died 330), Roman empress and a Christian saint
As Helene moves across Florida into the Southeast, "models suggest it will undergo a Fujiwhara interaction with a trough of low pressure over the Ozarks," the National Weather Service in ...
In the early 20th century, Émile Boisacq considered Ἑλένη to derive from the well-known noun ἑλένη meaning "torch". [8] It has also been suggested that the λ of Ἑλένη arose from an original ν, and thus the etymology of the name would be connected with the root of Venus. Linda Lee Clader, however, says that none of the above ...
However, the recent tragedy of Hurricane Helene — which has so far resulted in more than 200 deaths across six states and an estimated $95 billion to $110 billion in damage and economic loss ...
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