HOW TO PRONOUNCE
helena
/ˈhɛlənə/
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Start with the vowel in “bed.”
Helena, Montana, is HEL-uh-nuh: the strongest syllable comes first, followed by two relaxed vowels. People with the name Helena may pronounce it differently.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“We spent the night in Helena.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does helena mean?
proper noun
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- A transliteration of the Pannonian Rusyn female given name Гелена (Helena), equivalent to Helen.
- The capital city of Montana, and the county seat of Lewis and Clark County.
More meanings (18)
proper noun
- A city in Jefferson County and Shelby County, Alabama.
- A city in Helena-West Helena, Phillips County, Arkansas.
- A ghost town in Trinity County, California.
- A former city in Georgia, now part of McRae-Helena.
- An unincorporated community in Tensas Parish, Louisiana.
- A township in Antrim County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Sand Beach Township, Huron County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Turin Township, Marquette County, Michigan.
- A township in Scott County, Minnesota.
- A census-designated place in Jackson County, Mississippi.
- An unincorporated community in Andrew County, Missouri.
- A hamlet in the town of Brasher, St. Lawrence County, New York.
- A village in Sandusky Township, Sandusky County, Ohio.
- A town in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma.
- A census-designated place in Newberry County, South Carolina.
- A ghost town in Karnes County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in the town of Arena, Iowa County, Wisconsin.
- A village in the Demerara-Mahaica region, Guyana.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈhɛlənə/
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Up at the top stood Mount Saint Helena, a bulk of mountain, bare atop, with tree-fringed spurs, and radiating warmth.
I tumbled out quickly, and sure enough, away ahead in the dim twilight, about twenty miles off, was St. Helena.
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Captain of our fairy band, Helena is here at hand, And the youth mistook by me, Pleading for a lover’s fee.
I dare say we shall have her company for a long time, as she is bound for St. Helena and London.
In St. Helena there is reason to believe that the naturalised plants and animals have nearly or quite exterminated many native productions.