Eleanor Eleanor () is a feminine given name, originally from an Old French adaptation of the Old Provençal name ''Aliénor''. It is the name of a number of women of royalty and nobility in western Europe during the High Middle Ages. The name was introd ...

is a female given name. Eleanor, Elenore, Elinor, Elinore, Ellinore, Elynor or variations thereof may also refer to:

Places

* Lake Eleanor, a reservoir in Yosemite National Park, California * Eleanor, Iowa, an unincorporated community * Eleanor, Illinois, an unincorporated community *

Ellinor, Kansas Ellinor is a ghost town in Chase County, Kansas, United States. It was located southwest of Saffordville, where the BNSF Railway BNSF Railway is one of the largest freight railroads in North America. One of seven North American Class I ...

, an unincorporated community *

Eleanor, West Virginia Eleanor is a town in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States, along the Kanawha River. Its population was 1,548 at the 2020 census. The town, named for Eleanor Roosevelt, was established as a New Deal project in the 1930s like other Franklin ...

, a town * 2650 Elinor, an asteroid

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*, a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918 * PS ''Eleanor'' (1873), a paddle steamer cargo vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1873 to 1881 * PS ''Eleanor'' (1881), a paddle steamer cargo vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1881 to 1902 * ''Eleanor'' (sloop), a racing sloop built in 1903 *''Eleanor'', one of the three tea ships boarded in the

Boston Tea Party The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773. The target was the Tea Act of May 10, 1773, which allowed the British East India Company to sell tea ...

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Eleanor Put Your Boots On "Eleanor Put Your Boots On" is a song by Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand. It was released as the fourth single from their second album, ''You Could Have It So Much Better'', on 17 July 2006. The single version of the song is a new versio ...

", a song by Franz Ferdinand *"

Eleanor Rigby "Eleanor Rigby" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1966 album ''Revolver''. It was also issued on a double A-side single, paired with " Yellow Submarine". The song was written primarily by Paul McCartney and credited to L ...

", a song by The Beatles *"

Elenore "Elenore" is a 1968 song by the Turtles, originally included on ''The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands''. Although written by Howard Kaylan, its writing was co-credited to all five members of the band: Kaylan, Mark Volman, Al Nichol, Jim P ...

", a 1968 song by The Turtles * ''Eleanor'' (book), a biography of Eleanor Roosevelt's childhood by Barbara Cooney * ''Eleanor'' (novel), a novel by Mary Augusta Ward *

Eleanor (automobile) "Eleanor" is a customized 1971 Ford Mustang Sportsroof (redressed as 1973 ) that is featured in independent filmmaker H. B. "Toby" Halicki's 1974 film '' Gone in 60 Seconds''. The Eleanor name is also used in the 2000 remake for a customized She ...

, codename for the cars seen in the film ''Gone in 60 Seconds'' *

Eleanor (horse) Eleanor (1798 – c. 1824) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse bred by Charles Bunbury and was the first female horse to win The Derby. Eleanor also won the 1801 Epsom Oaks among many other races before retiring from racing at age eight ...

(1798–c. 1824), British Thoroughbred and the first female horse to win the Epsom Derby *

Elanor This list of fictional plants describes invented plants that appear in works of fiction. In fiction *Audrey Jr.: a man-eating plant in the 1960 film '' The Little Shop of Horrors'' **Audrey II: a singing, fast-talking alien plant with a taste for ...

, the name of a flower in J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy work ''Lord of the Rings'' * "Eleonora" (short story), a short story by Edgar Allan Poe *"Elinor", a song from the album of the same name by

Zohar Argov Zohar Argov ( he, זוהר ארגוב, born , Zohar Orkabi, July 16, 1955 – November 6, 1987) was an Israeli singer and a distinctive voice in the Mizrahi music scene. Argov is widely known in Israel as "The king of Mizrahi music". Biography ...

*" Elinor", a song by

Basshunter Jonas Erik Altberg (; born 22 December 1984), known professionally as Basshunter, is a Swedish singer, record producer, songwriter and DJ. Basshunter has recorded five studio albums: ''The Bassmachine'' (2004), ''LOL (Basshunter album), LOL'' (2 ...

, 2013 *"

Lady Eleanor "Lady Eleanor" is a song written by Alan Hull, featured on the first Lindisfarne album, ''Nicely Out of Tune''. Initially released as a single in May 1971, it failed to chart. In 1972, following the success of the band's single "Meet me on the ...

", 1972 song by Lindisfarne

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