Lena (disambiguation)
Encyclopedia
Places
- Lena RiverLena RiverThe Lena is the easternmost of the three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean . It is the 11th longest river in the world and has the 9th largest watershed...
, in Russia - Lena DepartmentLena DepartmentLena is a department or commune of Houet Province in south-western Burkina Faso. Its capital lies in the town of Lena.....
of Burkina Faso in West Africa - Lena, NorwayLena, NorwayLena is the administrative centre of Østre Toten municipality, Norway.Lena is the trading center for the municipality and is surrounded by mostly farmland. Its population is 1,092. Located here are five schools and Toten folk high school. Lena is a quite small place even for Norway...
- Lena, AsturiasLena, AsturiasLena is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. Its capital, Pola de Lena, has a population of 9,200.-Parishes:-Main sights:...
, a municipality in Spain - Lena, IllinoisLena, IllinoisLena is a village in Stephenson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,912 at the 2010 census.-History:In 1853, a railroad survey by B. Dornblazer determined a course through present-day Lena, IL. Samuel F. Dodds, who owned of land in the area, purchased an additional tract of on...
- Lena (town), WisconsinLena (town), WisconsinLena is a town in Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 769 at the 2000 census. The Village of Lena is located within the town.-Geography:...
- Lena, WisconsinLena, WisconsinLena is a village in Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 510 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Green Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area. The village is located within the Town of Lena.-History:...
, a village - Lena, South CarolinaLena, South CarolinaLena is an unincorporated community in Hampton County, South Carolina, United States, just east of Estill.- Geography :...
, an unincorporated community
People
- Lena (name)Lena (name)The name Lena comes from the endings of Alina and Helena. In Hebrew it means Woman of Magdala, in Arabic it means tender and in Greek it means sun ray or moonlight. Also, it has roots in Russian and Swedish....
, given name - Lena HorneLena HorneLena Mary Calhoun Horne was an American singer, actress, civil rights activist and dancer.Horne joined the chorus of the Cotton Club at the age of sixteen and became a nightclub performer before moving to Hollywood, where she had small parts in numerous movies, and more substantial parts in the...
(1917-2010), an American singer, actress, civil rights activist and dancer - Lena Meyer-LandrutLena Meyer-LandrutLena Meyer-Landrut , known professionally as Lena, is a German singer-songwriter. She represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo, Norway, and won the contest with the song "Satellite"...
(b. 1991), a German singer (stagename Lena) - Lena Burke (b. 1978), Cuban singer & actress
- Lena ChamamyanLena ChamamyanLena Chamamyan is a Syrian singer of Armenian descent. Born in Damascus, she started singing at an early age giving her first concert when she was five years old.Through her elementary and secondary education she held many school concerts...
, a Syrian singer - Lena AbhilashLena AbhilashLena Abhilash , is a Malayalam actress and a VJ . She is known for her contrasting roles in different Malayalam soaps, which otherwise is filled with tear-jerking female characters. She has acted in many films including Jayaraj's Sneham, Karunam and Shantam, Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal, Randam...
, an Indian actress of Malayalam films - Lena YadaLena YadaLena Yada is a Japanese-American model, actress, professional tandem surfer, and professional wrestler, who is known for working for World Wrestling Entertainment as a backstage interviewer, valet and WWE Diva on its ECW Brand....
(b. 1978), a Japanese-American model and professional wrestler
Fictional characters
- Lena (Dragon Ball) or Bulma, a character in Dragon Ball media
- Lena the Hyena, a character in the Li'l Abner universe
- Lena SayersLena Sayersis a character in the My-Otome anime and manga series. She is voiced by Tomo Sakurai.- My-Otome anime :...
, in the anime series My-Otome - Lena Kaligaris, in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants books and films
- Lena Grove, in Light in AugustLight in AugustLight in August is a 1932 novel by the American author William Faulkner.Light in August is an exploration of racial conflict in the society of the Southern United States. Originally Faulkner planned to call the novel Dark House, which also became the working title for Absalom, Absalom!...
Other uses
- Lena or LennaLennaLenna or Lena is the name given to a 512 x 512 pixel standard test image originally cropped from the centerfold of November 1972 issue of Playboy magazine. It is a picture of Lena Söderberg, a Swedish model, shot by photographer Dwight Hooker...
, a standard test image, used in digital image processing - Lena massacreLena massacreThe Lena Massacre or Lena Execution refers to the shooting of striking goldfield workers by the Russian Empire's tsarist army on in northeast Siberia near the Lena River...
in Russia 1912 - Lena, a rove beetleRove beetleThe rove beetles are a large family of beetles, primarily distinguished by their short elytra that leave more than half of their abdomens exposed. With over 46,000 species in thousands of genera, the group is the second largest family of beetles after the Curculionidae...
genus established by Casey in 1886; nowadays included in Sunius - Lena, a moth genus invalidly established by Herz in 1903; nowadays included in XestiaXestiaXestia is a genus of noctuid moths . They are the type genus of the tribe Xestiini in subfamily Noctuinae, though some authors merge this tribe with the Noctuini. Species in this genus are commonly known as "clay", "dart" or "rustic", but such names are commonplace among Noctuidae...