Helena may refer to:

People

Helena (given name) Helena is the Latin language, Latin form of Helen (given name), Helen. People with this name include: Ancients Mononyms *Helen of Troy, ak. in Latin as Helena, a figure in Greek mythology *Helena of Egypt, 4th century BC painter *Helena of Adiab ...

, a given name (including a list of people and characters with the name) *

Katri Helena Katri Helena Kalaoja (; born 17 August 1945) is a Finnish singer. Career Katri Helena released her first songs in 1963 and has since sold over 630,000 certified records, which makes her the second-best-selling female soloist in Finland ...

(born 1945), Finnish singer *

Saint Helena (disambiguation) Saint Helena is a British island in the South Atlantic. Saint Helena may also refer to: Saints * Saint Helena, mother of Constantine I, Roman empress and the mother of Emperor Constantine I the Great * Saint Helena of Skövde, Swedish twelfth-ce ...

, this includes places

Places

Greece

* Helena (island)

Guyana

Helena, Guyana Helena is a village in the Demerara-Mahaica Region of Guyana. Administratively the village is subdivided in Helena No.1 and Helena No.2 and is part of the Mahaica subregion. History Helena started as a sugar plantation. By 1896, the plantation wa ...

United States

Helena, Alabama Helena () is a city in Jefferson and Shelby counties in the state of Alabama. Helena is considered a suburb of Birmingham and part of the Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area. As of 2022, the population estimate was 21,862. Helena initially ...

Helena, Arkansas Helena is the eastern portion of Helena–West Helena, Arkansas, a city in Phillips County, Arkansas, located on the west bank of the Mississippi River. It was founded in 1833 by Nicholas Rightor and is named after the daughter of Sylvanus Phil ...

Battle of Helena The Battle of Helena was fought on July 4, 1863, near Helena, Arkansas, during the American Civil War. Union (American Civil War), Union troops captured the city in July 1862, and had been using it as a base of operations. Over 7,500 Confeder ...

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Helena, California Helena is a ghost town in unincorporated Trinity County, California, United States. It is located on the North Fork of the Trinity River, west-northwest of Weaverville. State Route 299 runs right past the former town to the south; East F ...

Helena, Georgia Helena was a city in Telfair and Wheeler counties in the U.S. state of Georgia. The population was 2,883 at the 2010 census, up from 2,307 in 2000 and 1,256 in 1990. The population increase accompanied establishment of the McRae Correctional ...

* Helena, Louisiana * Helena Township, Michigan * Helena, Huron County, Michigan * Helena, Marquette County, Michigan * Helena Township, Minnesota * Helena, Mississippi *

Helena, Missouri Helena is an unincorporated community in southeastern Andrew County, Missouri Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. ...

Helena, Montana Helena (; ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Montana and the county seat, seat of Lewis and Clark County, Montana, Lewis and Clark County. Helena was founded as a gold camp during the Montana gold ...

, the capital of Montana **

Helena National Forest Helena National Forest is located in west-central Montana, in the United States. Covering , the forest is broken into several separate sections. The eastern regions are dominated by the Big Belt Mountains, and are the location of the Gates of ...

, Montana **

Helena, Montana micropolitan area The Helena Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties in western Montana, anchored by the city of Helena. As of the 2014 census estimate, the MSA had a population of 77,414 ...

Lake Helena Lake Helena is a body of water along Prickly Pear Creek in the Helena Valley of Lewis and Clark County in southwestern Montana. It is in size and is above sea level. History Completion of Hauser Dam on the Missouri River in 1907 created Hauser ...

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Helena, New York Helena is a hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in ...

Helena, Ohio Helena ( ) is a village in Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. The population was 211 at the 2020 census. History Helena was laid out in 1871 when the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad was extended to that point. The village was name ...

Helena, Oklahoma Helena is a town in southeastern Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, United States. Residents pronounce the town's name with a long E: "Heh-LEE'-nuh." The population was 1,403 at the 2010 census. History In June 1915, Helen S. Monroe received a posta ...

Helena, South Carolina Helena is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Newberry County, South Carolina, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census with a population of 870. The CDP is in central Newberry County bo ...

Helena, Texas Helena is a ghost town in Texas, approximately southeast of San Antonio in Karnes County. The seat of Karnes County from 1854 to 1894, Helena was once known as the self-proclaimed "toughest town on earth" in the mid-19th century. It was named ...

Helena, Wisconsin Helena is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in the town of Arena (town), Wisconsin, Arena in Iowa County, Wisconsin, Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States. In the 19th century Helena was a village that played an important role in t ...

Canada

Helena Island (Nunavut) Helena Island is one of the uninhabited members of the Queen Elizabeth Islands of the Canadian Arctic islands in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is along the northern coast of Bathurst Island, separated by Sir William Parker Stra ...

Helena Lake, Saskatchewan Helena Lake is a hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Parkdale No. 498 in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is situated between Midnight Midnight is the transition time from one day to the next – the moment when the date changes ...

Mount Helena (British Columbia) Mount Helena is a mountain located at the Queen Reach arm of Jervis Inlet and behind Princess Louisa Inlet. Mount Helena is part of the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in British Columbia Canada. The mountain was named during the 1860 su ...

Australia

Helena River The Helena River is a tributary of the Swan River (Western Australia), Swan River in Western Australia. The river rises in country east of Mount Dale and flows north-west to Mundaring Weir, Western Australia, Mundaring Weir, where it is dammed. ...

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Mount Helena, Western Australia Mount Helena is a suburb on the outskirts of Perth, in Western Australia, 35 km from the city, in the Shire of Mundaring. Its population in 2016 was 3,185 people. History Mount Helena was originally known as White's Mill, a reference to Abr ...

, a suburb

Films

* ''Helena'' (1924 film), a silent German film directed by Manfred Noa * ''Helena'', a 2008 Colombian film * ''Helena'', a 2014 Argentine film

Literature

* ''Helena'' (Machado de Assis novel), 1876 novel by Machado de Assis * ''Helena'' (Waugh novel), 1950 novel by Evelyn Waugh * Helena (''A Midsummer Night's Dream''), a character from William Shakespeare's ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''

Music

* "Helena" (song), a 2004 song by American rock band My Chemical Romance * "Helena" (Hugo Raspoet song), a 1970 song by Flemish singer Hugo Raspoet * "Helena", a song by The Misfits from the 1999 album ''

Famous Monsters ''Famous Monsters'' is the fifth studio album by the American punk rock band Misfits, released on October 5, 1999. It is the second in the post- Danzig era of the band, and the last album to feature Michale Graves, Dr. Chud and Doyle Wolfgang ...

'' * "Helena", a song by Nickel Creek from the 2005 album ''

Why Should the Fire Die? ''Why Should The Fire Die?'' is the third major album release and fifth album overall by progressive acoustic trio Nickel Creek. The album was released on Sugar Hill on August 9, 2005, in the United States, and on August 8 in the United Kingdom ...

'' * "Helena", a song by Will Haven from the 2007 album ''

The Hierophant The Hierophant (V), alternatively depicted as The Pope or The High Priest (as a counterpart to "The High Priestess") is the fifth card of the Major Arcana in occult Tarot decks used in divination. It was identified as the Pope in early decks ...

'' * "Helena", a 1972 song by Jack de Nijs * "Helena", a 1973 song by

Leapy Lee Lee Graham (born Graham Pulleyblank, 2 July 1939), better known by his stage name Leapy Lee, is an English singer, best known for his 1968 single " Little Arrows," which reached No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart, and was a Top 20 country and pop hi ...

* "Helena", a 1963 instrumental by Ladi Geisler

Ships

* HMS ''Helena'', name of various Royal Navy ships * ''Helena'', a packet boat, built in the United States in 1841 * USS ''Helena'', name of various United States Navy ships * USS ''Helena I'' (SP-24), United States Navy patrol boat

Science

* ''Helena'', a taxonomic synonym for the plant genus '' Narcissus'' * "Helena", theoretical founding ancestor of Haplogroup H * "Helena", name used in ancient Greece for the phenomenon now referred to as St. Elmo's fire * 101 Helena, main belt asteroid

Other uses

* ''Helena'' (artwork), a 2000 art installation featuring goldfish in blenders * HELENA, the Helmholtz Graduate School Environmental Health * G-AAXF ''Helena'', a named

Handley Page H.P.42 The Handley Page H.P.42 and H.P.45 were four-engine biplane airliners designed and manufactured by British aviation company Handley Page, based in Radlett, Hertfordshire. They held the distinction of being the largest airliners in regular use ...

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