Hela may refer to:

Ethnography

Hela (people) Sinhalese people ( si, සිංහල ජනතාව, Sinhala Janathāva) are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group native to the island of Sri Lanka. They were historically known as Hela people ( si, හෙළ). They constitute about 75% of ...

, a name for the Sinhala people of Sri Lanka *

Hela (caste) The Hela are a Hindu caste found in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. They are a sub-group within the larger Bhangi community of North India.People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part Two edited by A Hasan & J C Das page 603 to 605 Manohar ...

, a Hindu caste found in North India **

Hela Mehtar The Hela are a community found in the state of Rajasthan in India. They are Muslim converts from the Hindu Hela caste. Origin The Hela are a community of musicians. They claim to have come from Arabia, sometime in the distant past. The Hela ar ...

, Muslim members of this caste * Hela language, or Elu

Fiction and mythology

Hela (Blake) Tiriel led by Hela

In the William Blake's mythology, mythological w ...

, daughter of Tiriel in a poem by William Blake *

Hel (being) Hel (Old Norse: ) is a female being in Norse mythology who is said to preside over an underworld realm of the same name, where she receives a portion of the dead. Hel is attested in the ''Poetic Edda'', compiled in the 13th century from earlie ...

, Queen of Hel and daughter of Loki in Norse mythology *

Hela (comics) Hela () is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is based on the goddess Hel from Norse mythology, and was first adapted by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in ''Journey into Mystery'' #102. Hela is the ...

, Asgardian goddess from the Marvel Universe

Places

Hela Province Hela is a province of Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital is Tari. The province covers an area of 10,498 km², and there are 249,449 inhabitants (2011 census figures). Hela province officially came into being on 17 May 2012, comprising t ...

, a new province being formed from 4 districts of Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea * Hela, the German name for

Hel, Poland Hel; german: Hela (; formerly ) is a seaside resort town in Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, located on the tip of the Hel Peninsula, some from the Polish mainland. History Early developments The territory became ...

* 699 Hela, an asteroid

Other uses

HeLa HeLa (; also Hela or hela) is an immortalized cell line used in scientific research. It is the oldest and most commonly used human cell line. The line is derived from cervical cancer cells taken on February 8, 1951, named after Henrietta La ...

, a line of cells derived from deceased American cancer patient

Henrietta Lacks Henrietta Lacks (born Loretta Pleasant; August 1, 1920 – October 4, 1951) Note: Some sources report her birthday as August 2, 1920, vs. August 1, 1920. was an African-American woman whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line ...

, notable for being the first immortalised cell line * SMS ''Hela'', a light cruiser of the Imperial German Navy * Ȟéla, native Lakota name of

Kyrie Irving Kyrie Andrew Irving (; lkt, Ȟéla, italic=no, ; born March 23, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was named the Rookie of the Year after being selected b ...

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