Alena is a
feminine
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given name
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from the origins
Russia and
Czechia.
People
Alena is a variant of
Helen. People with this name include:
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Saint Alena (died 640), born in Dilbeek, Belgium, and martyred c. 640
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Alena Douhan
Alena Douhan ( be, Алена Доўгань) of Belarus is the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of the unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, as 25 March 2020. When appointed, she was a professor of ...
, Belarusian diplomat
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Alena Holubeva
Alena Holubeva (born April 4, 1994) is a Belarusian basketball player for Olimpia Grodno and the Belarusian national team.
She participated at the EuroBasket Women 2017
The 2017 European Women Basketball Championship, commonly called EuroBa ...
(born 1994), Belarusian basketball player
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Alena Martinovská
Alena is a feminine given name from the origins Russia and Czechia.
People
Alena is a variant of Helen. People with this name include:
* Saint Alena (died 640), born in Dilbeek, Belgium, and martyred c. 640
* Alena Douhan, Belarusian diplom ...
, Czech actress, appearing in the 1954 film ''
Komedianti
''Komedianti'' is a 1954 Czech film directed by Vladimír Vlček. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.
Cast
* Jaroslav Vojta - Starý komediant
* Ladislav Pešek - Zak
* Jaroslav Mareš - Fricek
* Alena Martinovská - Olga
* Ma ...
''
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Alena Matejka
Alena Matejka (also Alena Matějková; born 26 January 1966) is a Czech sculptor and glass designer. She also works with other materials, often in combination.
Education
Matejka was born in Jindřichův Hradec; she studied at the Secondary S ...
(Alena Matějková, born 1966), Czech sculptor and glass designer
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Alena Mazouka (born 1967), Belarusian long-distance runner
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Alena Mihulová (born 1965), Czech actress, married to director Karel Kachyňa
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Alena Šeredová (born 1978), Czech model
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Alena Vránová
Alena Vránová (born 30 July 1932) is a Czech film and theatre actress. At the 1997 Thalia Awards she won the category of Best Actress in a Play. She studied at the Faculty of Theatre (Prague). Vránová was recognised with an award for lifetim ...
, Czech actress, appearing in the 1956 film ''Lost Children (1956 film)''
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Alena Vrzáňová (1931–2015), Czech athlete, figure skater
It is also a Catalan last name. People with this name include:
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Carles Aleñá (born 1998), Spanish footballer
Fiction
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Alena (Encantadia), a fictional character who possesses the Gem of Water on several Filipino telefantasyas
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Alena Vorshevsky, a fictional character from ''
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3''
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''Alena'' (1947 film), a 1947 Czech film
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''Alena'' (graphic novel), a Swedish graphic novel
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''Alena'' (2015 film), a 2015 Swedish film based on the graphic novel
Other uses
* ALENA (''Accord de libre-échange nord-américain'', lit. "Agreement of Free Trade, North American"), French acronym for the
North American Free Trade Agreement
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA ; es, Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte, TLCAN; french: Accord de libre-échange nord-américain, ALÉNA) was an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States that crea ...
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''Alena'' (snakefly), a genus of
Raphidioptera snakeflies
See also
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Aleena (disambiguation)
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Alina (disambiguation)
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Alyona
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Feminine given names