Lena

[ lee-nuh; Russian lye-nuh ]

noun

1. Lena River, a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2,800 miles (4,500 km) long.
2. a female given name, form of Helena.

Lena

/ ˈliːnə; ˈljɛnə /

noun

1. a river in Russia, rising in S Siberia and flowing generally north through the Sakha Republic to the Laptev Sea by an extensive delta: the longest river in Russia. Length: 4271 km (2653 miles)

Example Sentences

I think a Lena Dunham does not think, “is this too much of me?”

From The Daily Beast

On the other end of the spectrum, there lies an artist like Lena Dunham, who engages in a flaunting of the flawed self.

From The Daily Beast

My editor called and said, “Do a column on this Lena Dunham flap!”

From The Daily Beast

Yet, after flipping through Not That Kind of Girl, I do begin to understand what “this Lena Dunham flap” is about.

From The Daily Beast

The only Lena I know of is Lena Horne, a wonderful performer, who is not involved in any flaps, and who is also dead.

From The Daily Beast

With a lurch the Lena Knobloch swung as the anchor broke ground.

From Project Gutenberg

The Lena Knobloch was a schooner-rigged 68 vessel with two masts.

From Project Gutenberg

They collected the kits of the four who had left Amsterdam on the Lena Knobloch.

From Project Gutenberg

Connal, son of Colgar, I see a cloud of death: it hovers dark over the plains of Lena.

From Project Gutenberg

Burning with mortification, Jack quitted the house with despair in his heart, for it seemed as if Lena was lost to him forever.

From Project Gutenberg