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{
"ref": "1928, Agatha Christie, The Mystery of the Blue Train",
"text": "\"Is her name Ellen or Helen, Miss Viner? I thought —\"\nMiss Viner closed her eyes.\n\"I can sound my h's, dear, as well as anyone, but Helen is not a suitable name for a servant. I don't know what the mothers in the lower classes are coming to nowadays.\"",
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"ref": "1993, Oscar Hijuelos, The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien, page 6",
"text": "...in 1910 she brought Helen into the world, the little female, or \"mujercita\", as her mother called all the babies, naming her after the glittery label on a facial ointment, The Helen of Troy Beauty Pomade, said to eradicate wrinkles, to soften and add a youthful glow to the user's skin - a fortuitous choice because, of all the sisters, she would be the most beautiful and, never growing old, would always possess the face of a winsome adolescent beauty.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2003, Deborah Crombie, A Share in Death, HarperCollins, page 189",
"text": "Gemma followed her, thinking that Helen seemed rather an old-fashioned and elegant name for this rumpled young mother.",
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"word": "هِيلِين"
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"sense": "female given name",
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"word": "Але́на"
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"word": "海倫"
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"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "Hellena",
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"word": "헬레나"
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"roman": "Hellen",
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"word": "헬렌"
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"sense": "female given name",
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"sense": "female given name",
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"sense": "female given name",
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"roman": "Jeléna",
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"word": "Еле́на"
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"sense": "female given name",
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{
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{
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{
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"sense": "(Greek mythology) the daughter of Zeus and Leda",
"word": "Հեղինե"
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"feminine"
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"code": "br",
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"code": "is",
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"code": "is",
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"code": "ga",
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"code": "ko",
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"roman": "Hellena",
"sense": "female given name",
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"code": "ko",
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"code": "lv",
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"sense": "female given name",
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"code": "lt",
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"code": "fro",
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"code": "pt",
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"feminine"
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "female given name",
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