What is "elena"

is a fictional character in the Street Fighter series who made her first appearance in Street Fighter III: New Generation in 1997. Elena is an expert in capoeira, and a nature-loving and light-hearted daughter of an East African tribal leader who has attended schools abroad and travels the world to make friends. She has been well received for a variety of reasons, including her innovative fighting style and very smooth animation in Street Fighter III, and was noted as a very powerful character in Ultra Street Fighter IV.

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Elena is a Cebuano play in three acts written by Vicente Sotto. It was first performed at the Teatro Junquera (in what is now Cebu City) on May 18, 1902. The play established Sotto's reputation as a playwright.

The dedication of the play by the playwright reads, "To My Motherland, that you may have remembrance of the glorious Revolution that redeemed you from enslavement. I dedicate this humble play to you."

Elena is a dramma per musica in a prologue and three acts by Francesco Cavalli, set to a libretto originally by Giovanni Faustini that was completed by Nicolò Minato. The opera was first performed in Venice at the Teatro San Cassiano; the dedication is dated to 26 December 1659.

Elena is a popular female first name in Greek, Italian, Slavic, Baltic, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian. It originates in the ancient Greek name Helen/Helene. The variation "Elena" dates back to the 12th century.

Other common variants are Alena (German, Czech, Russian, Belarusian); Alenka (Slovenian); Alyona (Russian); Elene (Georgian); Helen (English); Hélène (French); Helena; Eliana (Portuguese); Ileana (Romanian and Spanish); Ilona (Hungarian, Finnish, and Latvian); Olena (Ukrainian); and Jelena/Yelena (Russian, Serbian).

Elena (village) is a village in the municipality of Haskovo, in Haskovo Province, in southern Bulgaria.

Elena is a 2011 Russian drama film directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev. It premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Special Jury Prize.

Elena is a Brazilian film directed by Petra Costa and produced by Busca Vida Filmes. It is based on the life of the actress Elena Andrade, Petra Costa's older sister.

'Elena ' is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa and transmitted by Telesistema Mexicano.

Silvia Derbez and Carlos López Moctezuma starred as protagonists.