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Elena

American  
[el-uh-nuh, uh-ley-nuh, e-le-nah] / ˈɛl ə nə, əˈleɪ nə, ɛˈlɛ nɑ /

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Helen.


Example Sentences

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City Councilwoman Elena Baca-Santa Cruz told the Riverside Press-Enterprise that the mall has “hundreds of violations,” though nine of them are preventing it from reopening.

From Los Angeles Times

On Tuesday night, four justices showed up for the speech, including three who had voted against the president: Roberts, as well as Justices Barrett, Kavanaugh and the liberal-leaning Elena Kagan.

From Los Angeles Times

Typically, the full court is in attendance for a president's state of the union address but on Tuesday, only four of the nine were present: Chief Justice John Roberts and justice Amy Coney Barrett, Elena Kagan and Brett Kavanaugh.

From BBC

On this side are the three liberal justices — Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson — along with conservatives Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch and Chief Justice John Roberts, who authored the ruling.

From Salon

And in her separate concurrence, Justice Elena Kagan—joined by Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson—says she still doesn’t agree with the major questions doctrine.

From Slate