Helen in Portuguese

Helen in Portuguese

What does "Helen" mean?

1. name 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.
2. name A female first name of Ancient Greek origin.
   ""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.""
3. name A place in the United States: A minor city in White County, Georgia.
4. name A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in St. Mary's County, Maryland.

Helen in a sentence

• "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."
• 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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