Helena

American  

[hel-uh-nuh, huh-lee-nuh] / ˈhɛl ə nə, həˈli nə /

noun

1. Saint, c247–c330, mother of Constantine I.

2. a city in and the capital of Montana, in the W part.

3. a female given name, form of Helen.

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Helena ¹ British  

/ ˈhɛlənə /

noun

1. a city in W Montana: the state capital. Pop: 26 718 (2003 est)

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Helena ² British  

/ hɛlənə /

noun

1. Saint. ?248–?328 _ad , Roman empress, mother of Constantine I. After converting to Christianity (313) she made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land (?326) where she supposedly discovered the cross on which Christ died. Feast day: May 21

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Example Sentences

Helena Merk and Aly Hudson use AirClaw, a version of the OpenClaw AI assistant, to place Instacart orders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

The imperial estate, brought back from Saint Helena, was awarded in 1836 to Napoleon's sister Caroline Murat.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Helena is looking at an old photo on her phone of nine teenage girls smiling at the camera on their last day of secondary school.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

Perhaps during his years of exile on St. Helena, the comparison convinced him that he was, like Themistocles—as he asserted in his letter—a “victim of the factions which distract my country.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

When I lie down on the sofa beside Helena, and the house is finally quiet, the old fear comes back.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron