Lena

Definition: Lena

Lena

Noun

1. A Russian river; flows northward into the Arctic Ocean.

"Lena" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a torch", "a corposant", "the moon".

Date "Lena" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1599. (references)

"Lena" is a common misspelling or typo for: leak, Lean, leant, lends, lens, lento, linen, lint.

Synonym: Lena

Synonym: Lena River (n). (additional references)

Lena is a river of Siberia, rising at the height of 1640 m in the Baikal Mountains, 20 km west side of Lake Baikal. Wheeling round by the south, it describes a semicircle, then flows north-north-east and north-east, being joined by the Kirenga and the Vitim, both from the right; then it flows east-north-east as far as Yakutsk, where it enters the lowlands, after being joined by the Olekma, also from the right. From Yakutsk it goes north until joined by its right-hand affluent the Aldan, the Verkhoyansk Range deflects it to the north-west; then, after receiving its most important left-hand tributary, the Vilyui, it makes its way nearly due north to the Laptev Sea, a division of the Arctic Ocean, disemboguing south-west of the New Siberian Islands by a delta 10,800 sq. m. in area, and traversed by seven principal branches, the most important being Bylov, farthest east. The total length of the river is estimated at 4310 km (2860 m.), 3380 km (2100 m.) of which is navigable. The delta arms sometimes remain blocked with ice the whole year round. At Yakutsk, navigation is generally practicable from the middle of May to the end of October, and at Kirensk, at the confluence of the Lena and the Kirenga, from the beginning of May to about the same time. Between these two towns there is during the season regular steamboat communication. The area of the Lena river basin is calculated at 2,500,000 km² (805,000 sq. m.). Gold is washed out of the sands of the Vitim and the Olekma, and tusks of the mammoth are dug out of the delta.

The majority of the researchers believe that the name of the river Lena has been acquired from the original Even-Evenk name Elyu-Ene, which means "the Large River". Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov named his alias after the river Lena: Lenin.

Based on an article from 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

Crosswords: Lena

English words defined with "Lena": Lena River ♦ Yakut. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Lena" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Breton (Lena), Irish (with its), Italian (breath, energy, stamina), Portuguese (lend), Serbo-Croatian (lena), Spanish (Lena), Swedish (Lena, silky, soften up).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	I wanna see Lena Horne at the Cotton Club -- hear Billie Holiday sing fine and mellow -- walk in that kind of rain that never washes perfume away. (Save the Tiger; writing credit: Steve Shagan)
Lyrics	Lena Horne and Sheriff Clarke are dancing cheek to cheek. ("National Brotherhood Week"; performing artist: Tom Lehrer)
Movie/TV Titles	Boesman and Lena (1974) Presenting Lena Martell (1971) Der Fall Lena Christ (1970) Leonce und Lena (1964) O My Lena Lena (1960)
Song Titles	One Day At A Time (performing artist: Lena Martell)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	The Remarkable Saga of Ole and Lena (reference) Three Lives: Stories of the Good Anna, Melanctha and the Gentle Lena (Dover Thrift Editions) (reference) When Aunt Lena Did the Rhumba (reference) Desert Noir : A Lena Jones Mystery (reference) Lena (reference) (more book examples)

Music	The Fabulous Lena Horne: 22 Hits, 1936-1946, Including Stormy Weather (reference) Irrepressible Lena Horne [IMPORT] (reference) Stormy Weather: The Legendary Lena (1941-1958) (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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	The Lena River, some 2,800 miles(4,500km) long, is one of the largest rivers in the world. The Lena Delta Reserve is the most extensive protected wilderness area in Russia. It is an important refuge and breeding grounds for many species of Siberian wildlife.Credit: NASA.		Lena Blackburne.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Old church near Lena.Credit: Library of Congress.		Lena.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Portrait of Lena Horne.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Lena" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Lena" is used about 62 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	62	42,755

The following table summarizes the usage of "Lena" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Lena	First name Female	77,000	259
Lena	Last name	400	22,113
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

"Lena" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a torch", "a corposant", "the moon".

The following table summarizes names related to "Lena."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Helena	Female	Dutch	Helen
Helen	Female	English	N/A
Helena	Female	Finnish	Helen
Helena	Female	German	Helen
Lena	Female	German	Helena
Helena	Female	Polish	Helen
Helena	Female	Portuguese	Helen
Lena	Female	Russian	Helena
Helena	Female	Scandinavian	Helen
Lena	Female	Scandinavian	Helena
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

1. Lena, IL (village, FIPS 42834)
Location: 42.38094 N, 89.82582 W
Population (1990): 2605 (1065 housing units)
Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 61048
Country: USA

2. Lena, MS (town, FIPS 40360)
Location: 32.59457 N, 89.59352 W
Population (1990): 175 (86 housing units)
Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 39094
Country: USA

3. Lena, WI (village, FIPS 43325)
Location: 44.95266 N, 88.05012 W
Population (1990): 590 (254 housing units)
Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Country: USA

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Expression: Lena

Expression using "Lena": Lena River. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Lena

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.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
lena olin	20,919	lena philipsson	18
lena	418	lena endre	17
lena li	226	cronqvist lena	17
lena horne	219	lena wi	17
katina lena	144	gallery lena li	16
lena headey	72	picture of lena horne	15
lena liu	45	lena yada	15
lena il	45	katina lena picture	15
lena johannesen	43	katina lena nude	14
lena olin nude	42	lena li nude	14
bianca lena	32	baker lena	13
lena horn	31	lena little smart	13
ole and lena joke	28	lena illinois	12
lena zavaroni	25	lena lui	12
lena ramone	23	lena olin picture	12
lena li pic	23	julia lena	11
lena tattoo	23	doc lena o	11
lena ramon	22	julia katina lena volkova	10
lena la	21	home lena pope	10
ole and lena	21	lena anderson	10
		lena park	10
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Lena

Language		Translations for "Lena"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Breton		lena. (various references)

Czech		Ženské Jméno (Esther, Hilary, Nora, Phyllis). (various references)

Hungarian		Helena Beceneve. (various references)

Pig Latin		enalay

Portuguese		Lémure. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		lena. (various references)

Spanish		Lena. (various references)

Swedish		lena (silky, soften up). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Lena

Derivations
	Words ending with "Lena": cantilena, euglena, galena, plena. (additional references)
	Words containing "Lena": bimillenaries, bimillenary, cantilenas, euglenas, filename, filenames, galenas, millenarian, millenarianism, millenarianisms, millenarians, millenaries, millenary, plenary, postmillenarian, postmillenarianism, postmillenarianisms, postmillenarians, premillenarian, premillenarianism, premillenarianisms, premillenarians, selenate, selenates, villenage, villenages. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Lena" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Elna, Elyna, Enja, Lahna, Lanao, Lansa, Leba, Lefnol, Lehna, lenao, Lenau, lenay, Lenh, lenia, Lenm, Lenne, Lerna, Lernea, Lesne, Lesnik, Leta, Letna, Leuna, Lexa, Linal, Linha, Lne, Lonja, Lonka, Lowna, Lunnan, Mlenga, Qenah, Zeena. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Lena"

Words rhyming with "Lena" (pronounced 'Le"na'): Abuna, Achatina, Alcanna, Alhenna, Alumna, Amphirhina, Amphisbaena, Angina, Anna, Anona, Antenna, arena, Avena, Avifauna, Banana, Becuna, BELLADONNA, Bellona, Carina, Casuarina, Catena, Cavatina, Concertina, Coquina, Cromorna, Curtana, Czarevna, Czarina, Damiana, DIANA, Discina, Diurna, Donna, Dracaena, Duenna, Echidna, Erythrina, Etna, Farina, Fauna, Galena, Gehenna, Gena, Globigerina, Glucina, Guana, Guna, Haematophlina, Hemina, henna. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Lena

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: elan, lane, lean.
	Words within the letters "a-e-l-n"
	-1 letter: ale, ane, lea, nae.
	-2 letters: ae, al, an, el, en, la, na, ne.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-l-n"
	+1 letter: alane, alien, aline, alone, anele, angel, angle, anile, ankle, anole, clean, elain, eland, elans, glean, laden, lance, lanes, laten, leans, leant, learn, leman, liane, naled, navel, panel, penal, plane, plena, renal, ulnae, venal.
	+2 letters: adenyl, alevin, alexin, aliens, alined, aliner, alines, alkane, alkene, alkine, alkyne, almner, alpine, alvine, aneled, aneles, angels, angled, angler, angles, ankled, ankles, anklet, anlace, anlage, anneal, anoles, antler, apneal, baleen, bangle, benzal, cancel, candle, cannel, cantle, cental, cleans, cuneal, dandle, dangle, darnel, denial, dental, elains, elands, eluant, enable, enamel, enhalo, enlace, entail, eolian, etalon, fallen, finale, flamen, flanes, flange, flaxen, galena, gelant, genial, glance, gleans, handle, hansel, hantle, inhale, inlace, jangle, knawel, lacune, ladens, lagend, lagune, lament, lanate, lanced, lancer, lances, lancet, landed, lander, lanely, langue, lanker, lanner, lanose, larine, lateen, latens, latent, latten, launce, lawine, lawmen, laymen, leaden, leaned, leaner, leanly, learns, learnt, leaven, legman, lemans, levant, lianes, lienal, linage, lineal, linear, loaned, loaner, lunate, maline, mangel, mangle, mantel, mantle, meanly, menial, mensal, mental, nailed, nailer, naleds, namely, navels, nearly, neatly, nebula, neural, panels, penial, pineal, planed, planer, planes, planet, platen, rankle, regnal, reloan, renail, rental, replan, saline, sanely, sendal, silane, talent, tangle, tenail, thenal, tineal, tolane, unable, unlace, unlade, unlead, unreal, unseal, valine, veinal, venial, vernal, vineal, wandle, wangle, xenial.
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