Meaning of Helen | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Either of a pair of curved, spine-like appendages on some hyoliths.
2. The daughter of Zeus and Leda, considered to be the most beautiful woman in the world; her abduction by Paris brought about the Trojan War.
   Greek, countable, uncountable
3. Any of various papilionid butterflies of the genus Papilio.
4. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
   countable, uncountable
5. A place in the United States:
   countable, uncountable
6. A minor city in White County, Georgia.
   countable, uncountable
7. An unincorporated community in St. Mary's County, Maryland.
   countable, uncountable
8. A census-designated place in Raleigh County, West Virginia.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“Fools on both sides! Helen must needs be fair, When with your blood you daily paint her thus.”

“"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."”

“...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.”

“Gemma followed her, thinking that Helen seemed rather an old-fashioned and elegant name for this rumpled young mother.”

“The Yellow Helen […] belongs to a clade of related swallowtail butterflies, the helenus group, or Helens, which are typically large, predominantly black butterflies with long tails and a large, white area on the hindwings.”

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