Hela

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Hela may refer to:

Ethnography

Hela (people), a name for the Sinhala people of Sri Lanka
Hela (caste), a Hindu caste found in North India
Hela language, or Elu

Fiction and mythology

Hela (Blake), daughter of Tiriel in a poem by William Blake
Hel (being), Queen of Hel and daughter of Loki in Norse mythology
Hela (comics), Asgardian goddess from the Marvel Universe

Places

Hela Province, a new province being formed from 4 districts of Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea
Hela, the German name for Hel, Poland

Other uses

HeLa, a line of cells derived from deceased American cancer patient Henrietta Lacks, notable for being the first immortalised cell line
SMS Hela, a light cruiser of the Imperial German Navy

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