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Lena
Lena or LENA may refer to: Places * Léna Department, a department of Houet Province in Burkina Faso * Lena, Manitoba, an unincorporated community located in Killarney-Turtle Mountain municipality in Manitoba, Canada * Lena, Norway, a village in Østre Toten municipality in Innlandet county, Norway * Lena, Asturias, a municipality in the Principality of Asturias, Spain Russia * Lena, Russia, a list of names of several rural localities in Russia * Lena (river), the easternmost of the three great rivers in Siberia * Lena Cheeks, a stretch of the river Lena with peculiar rock formations in Kirensky District, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia * Lena Pillars, a natural rock formation along the banks of the Lena River in far eastern Siberia * Lena Plateau, a large plateau in Siberia * Lena-Angara Plateau, a large plateau in Siberia United States * Lena, Illinois, a village in Stephenson County * Lena, Indiana, an unincorporated community in Parke County * Lena, Louisiana, an unincorporated c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lena Meyer-Landrut
Lena Johanna Therese Meyer-Landrut (; born 23 May 1991), also known by the mononym Lena, is a German singer. She rose to fame after representing Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo, winning the event with the song "Satellite (Lena Meyer-Landrut song), Satellite". Both "Satellite" and her debut album ''My Cassette Player'' (2010) debuted at Number-one hits of 2010 (Germany), number one in Germany and became platinum sellers. With her three entries from the German national final ''Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, Unser Star für Oslo'', Meyer-Landrut set an all-time chart record in her home country by debuting with three songs in the top five of the Media Control Charts, German Singles Chart. She represented Germany for the second consecutive time in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf with the song "Taken by a Stranger", finishing in tenth place. Meyer-Landrut followed this with a series of successful albums, including ''Good News (Lena albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lena (name)
Lena is a feminine given name, a short form of Helena (Ἑλένη), meaning “torch” or “shining light.” It may be a given name by itself or as a diminutive of other names: Magdalena and variants of Elena. People with the given name * Lena (actress), Malayalam film actress * Lena Ackebo (born 1950), Swedish comic creator * Lena Åkesson (born 1967), Swedish boxer * Lena Anderssen, Faroese-Canadian singer-songwriter * Lena Ashwell (1872–1957), British actress * Lena Asplund (born 1956), Swedish politician * Lena Baker (1900–1945), American convicted of murder * Lena Bergman (born 1943), Swedish social services employee * Lena Bergström (born 1961), Swedish textiles and glass designer * Léna Bernstein (1906–1932), German aviator * Lena Berntsson (born 1978), Swedish athlete * Lena Börjeson (1879–1976), Swedish sculptor, teacher * Lena Northern Buckner (1875–1939), American social worker * Lena Burke (born 1978), Cuban singer and actress * Len ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lena (river)
The Lena is a river in the Russian Far East and is the easternmost river of the three great rivers of Siberia which flow into the Arctic Ocean, the others being Ob and Yenisey. The Lena River is long and has a capacious drainage basin of ; thus the Lena is the eleventh-longest river in the world and the longest river entirely within Russia. Geographically, permafrost underlies all the Lena River's catchment and it is continuous in over 75 percent of the basin. Course The Lena originates at of elevation in the Baikal Mountains, west of Lake Baikal, south of the Central Siberian Plateau. The Lena flows north-east and traverses the Lena-Angara Plateau, then is joined by three tributary rivers: (i) the Kirenga, (ii) the Vitim, and (iii) the Olyokma. From Yakutsk, the Lena River enters the Central Yakutian Lowland and flows north until joined by the eastern tributary, the Aldan (river), Aldan River, and the western tributary, the Vilyuy, Vilyuy River. Afterwards, the Lena ben ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lena, Illinois
Lena is a village in Stephenson County, Illinois. The population was 2,772 at the 2020 census. Lena was platted in 1853, and named after a place mentioned in a poem by Ossian. History In 1853, a railroad survey by Benjamin Dornblazer determined a course through present-day Lena. Samuel F. Dodds, who owned of land in the area, purchased an additional tract of on behalf of the railroad company and grading work was begun. Dodds owned a stone residence which still occupies Lot No. 1 on Lena Street, while Dr. F. Voightheld owned a log home (which has subsequently been demolished) near the train depot. At the time, these two buildings made up the extent of the town. The town was originally shaped as a parallelogram covering twenty-six blocks for a total of 304 housing lots. During the summer of 1853, lots sold rapidly, commanding prices varying from $50 to $150 each. On New Year's Day 1854, track was laid, and railway cars began running between Freeport and Warren. The population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lena (Webcomic)
Lena or LENA may refer to: Places * Léna Department, a department of Houet Province in Burkina Faso * Lena, Manitoba, an unincorporated community located in Killarney-Turtle Mountain municipality in Manitoba, Canada * Lena, Norway, a village in Østre Toten municipality in Innlandet county, Norway * Lena, Asturias, a municipality in the Principality of Asturias, Spain Russia * Lena, Russia, a list of names of several rural localities in Russia * Lena (river), the easternmost of the three great rivers in Siberia * Lena Cheeks, a stretch of the river Lena with peculiar rock formations in Kirensky District, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia * Lena Pillars, a natural rock formation along the banks of the Lena River in far eastern Siberia * Lena Plateau, a large plateau in Siberia * Lena-Angara Plateau, a large plateau in Siberia United States * Lena, Illinois, a village in Stephenson County * Lena, Indiana, an unincorporated community in Parke County * Lena, Louisiana, an unincorpor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lena, Wisconsin
Lena is a village in Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 537 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is part of the Green Bay, Wisconsin, Green Bay Green Bay metropolitan area, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The village is located within the Lena (town), Wisconsin, Town of Lena. History Originally known as Maple Valley, Lena owes its location to the railroads. The first white family at the site that became Lena was the French-Swiss immigrant Étienne Clement Roserens together with his French-Canadian wife Vitaline née Tessier, who established a homestead in October 1872. Their daughter Anna Rosera Hendricks was the first white child born in the settlement. Rosera Street in Lena is named after the family. Other early white settlers in this vicinity arrived in the late 1870s and consisted primarily of French Canadian immigrants. One French Canadian immigrant was Samuel LeRoy, also known as Samuel or Sam King. King homesteaded land in 1872 and don ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lena, Norway
Lena is a village in Østre Toten Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway, about to the southwest of the village of Kapp and lake Mjøsa. The village has a population (2021) of 1,245 and a population density of . The urban area of Lena also includes part of the village of Kraby, just to the east. Lena is a commercial center for the municipality and is surrounded by mostly farmland. In central Lena, there are several shops and three schools (upper secondary, lower secondary, and primary schools). Toten folk high school is also located in Lena. The distance from Lena to Oslo is roughly (as the crow flies) and by road. The town of Gjøvik is away and Norway's largest airport, Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL), is by road. The villages of Lensbygda and Skreia lie to the southeast, Kolbu is to the southwest, Sletta and Nordlia are to the northwest, and Kapp is to the northeast. Name The village name comes from the local river, ''Lenaelva'', which flows from Totenåsen (a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lena, Asturias
Lena ( Asturian: ''Ḷḷena'' ) is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It has a population of 12.000 inhabitants, while 9,200 of them live in the capital, Pola de Lena. Parishes Main sights * Pre-Romanesque church of Santa Cristina de Lena. In 1985 it was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. *Mosaic of Vega de Ciego, discovered in 1921. It was probably from a Roman villa A Roman villa was typically a farmhouse or country house in the territory of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, sometimes reaching extravagant proportions. Nevertheless, the term "Roman villa" generally covers buildings with the common ..., and is now in the Archaeological Museum of Asturias *''El Hospitalón'' (16th century) *Baroque ''Palacio de Faes'', at Carabanzo See also * Sanctuary of the Virgen de Bendueños References Municipalities in Asturias * {{asturias-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lena Massacre
The Lena Massacre or Lena Execution () refers to the shooting of goldfield workers on strike in northeast Siberia near the Lena River on . The strike had been provoked by exceptionally harsh working conditions, and when the strike committee was arrested, a large crowd marched in protest. They were fired on by soldiers of the Imperial Russian Army, causing hundreds of casualties. The incident did much to stimulate revolutionary feeling in Russia, and Alexander Kerensky's reporting of it in the Duma brought him to public notice for the first time. Background The incident took place at the goldfields of the Lena Gold Mining Joint Stock Company (Lenzoloto), (Access forbidden) located along the shores of the Lena River, about 28 miles northeast of the town of Bodaybo in the north of Irkutsk Oblast. The venture produced large profits for its British and Russian shareholders, who included Aleksei Putilov (a director), Count Sergei Witte, and Empress Maria Fyodorovna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lena Cheeks
The Lena Cheeks () is the name of a stretch of the Lena (river), Lena with peculiar rock formations in Kirensky District, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. This feature of the Lena basin is a tourist attraction regularly visited by river cruiser ''Mikhail Svetlov'' from Yakutsk. Description The Lena Cheeks area is a roughly canyon bound by cliffs where there are three characteristic rock formations known as "Cheeks". They are located between the mouths of the Ichera and the Chuya (Lena), Chuya, upstream from the mouth of the Vitim and downstream from the abandoned village of Chastykh. The rocks are called First, Second and Third cheek, the latter being the furthest downstream. The First and Third cheeks rise above the right bank, and the Second above the left bank. Quotes The Cheeks of the Lena were described by 19th century travelers: See also *Lena Pillars *List of rock formations References External links *Lena River. Osetrovo – Lena Cheeks {{Portal bar, Russia Lena R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lena (test Image)
Lenna (or Lena) is a standard test image used in the field of digital image processing, starting in 1973. It is a picture of the Sweden, Swedish model Lena Forsén, shot by photographer Dwight Hooker and cropped from the centerfold of the November 1972 issue of ''Playboy'' magazine. The image has attracted controversy in recent years because of its subject matter, and many journals have deemed it inappropriate and discouraged its use, while others have banned it from publication outright. Forsén herself has called for it to be retired, saying "It's time I retired from tech." The spelling "Lenna" came from the model's desire to encourage the proper pronunciation of her name. "I didn't want to be called ''Lee''na []," she explained. IPA pronunciation of ''Lee''na inserted into the quotation in brackets for clarity. is a common English pronunciation of the name ''Lena''. The quotation reads, "At her suggestion, the editors [of Playboy] spelled her first name with an extra 'n,' t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lena Plateau
The Lena Plateau, also known as Prilensky Plateau (; ), is one of the great plateaus of Siberia. Administratively it is mostly within the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), with a small sector in the Irkutsk Oblast, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. The plateau is named after the Lena River, which flows across it.Google Earth Protected areas There are spectacularly eroded rock formations composed of gypsum-bearing and saline limestone, dolomite and, in some places sandstone, in different spots of the plateau. The Lena Pillars, lining the banks of river Lena in the region, are the most well-known of these features. They were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2012. Other protected areas in the plateau are the Sinyyaya Pillars by river Sinyaya River (Lena), Sinyaya, and the Turuuk Khaya Rocks by the Lyutenge River. The Olyokma Nature Reserve is located on the eastern side, partly within neighboring Aldan Highlands. Geography The Lena Plateau is located in the southern Sakha Republ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
