Lena

[lee-nuh, lye-nuh]

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noun

Lena River, a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2,800 miles (4,500 km) long.
a female given name, form of Helena.

Lena

/ ˈliːnə, ˈljɛnə /

noun

a river in Russia, rising in S Siberia and flowing generally north through the Sakha Republic to the Laptev Sea by an extensive delta: the longest river in Russia. Length: 4271 km (2653 miles)

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Set in the idyllic island of Naxos, Greece, Pochoda refashions Euripides’ “The Bacchae” to weave a hypnotic tale of recently widowed Lena, breaking free from the strictures imposed by the men in her life.

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Preview the return of dinosaurs, Dexter and Lena Dunham to TV.

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Protagonist Lena escapes patriarchal entrapment by joining forces with a close friend, Hedy, and fleeing to a beachside encampment of “feral” women.

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Removing 76 gasoline ads ‘would send the message that it’s time to end our embrace of polluting fossil fuels,’ Senate Majority Leader Lena Gonzalez wrote.

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His early dramas from the 1960s — “Blood Knot,” “Hello and Goodbye” and “Boesman and Lena” — evoke the existential concerns of the Absurdist playwrights from the era.

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