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Helen Of Troy

Definition: Helen Of Troy

Helen Of Troy

Noun

1. (Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris; the Greek army sailed to Troy to get her back which resulted in the Trojan War.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Synonym: Helen Of Troy

Synonym: Helen (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Helen of Troy

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

For the mythical Helen of Troy, see Helen

Helen of Troy was a pseudonym of Helen Wellington-LLoyd, a follower of punk band Sex Pistols who occasionally appeared in films by/about them.

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[1] Internet Movie Database entry on Helen Wellington-lloyd

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Helen of Troy."

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Crosswords: Helen Of Troy

English words defined with "Helen of Troy": LedaTrojan War. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Helen of Troy": TROYULYSSES. (references)

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Modern Usage: Helen Of Troy

DomainUsage

Screenplays

(speaking about Helen of Troy) Was this the face that launched a thousand ships And burnt the topless towers of Illium? (Doctor Faustus; writing credit: Nevill Coghill; Christopher Marlowe)

Movie/TV Titles

Helen of Troy (2003)

The Private Life of Helen of Troy (1927)

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Commercial Usage: Helen Of Troy

DomainTitle

References

  • Helen of Troy Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Image Slideshow: Helen Of Troy

Illustrations:
Helen Of Troy

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Usage in Company Names: Helen Of Troy

CountryName
USA

Helen of Troy Ltd.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Helen Of Troy

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

helen of troy

23

helen of troy hair straightener

6

helen of troy curling iron

4

helen of troy straightener

3
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Anagrams: Helen Of Troy

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-f-h-l-n-o-o-r-t-y"

-4 letters: elytron, felonry, foolery, footler, helotry, honoree, oftener, thereof, thereon.

-5 letters: enroot, ethyne, felony, flooey, floret, foetor, footer, footle, freely, frothy, hefter, hereof, hereon, hereto, hetero, hoofer, hooter, hornet, lefter, lofter, looney, looter, nether, nother, refelt, reflet, relent, retool, rhyton, telfer, theory, thorny, thoron, throne, tooler.

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Alternative Orthography: Helen Of Troy


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 65 6C 65 6E      4F 66      54 72 6F 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01100101 01101100 01100101 01101110 00100000 01001111 01100110 00100000 01010100 01110010 01101111 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#101 &#108 &#101 &#110 &#32 &#79 &#102 &#32 &#84 &#114 &#111 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0065 006C 0065 006E      004F 0066      0054 0072 006F 0079

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

427178718024972254848191

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Names: Company Usage
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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