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Irene is a name derived from εἰρήνη (eirēnē), the Greek for "peace".
Irene, and related names, may refer to:
Places
edit- Irene, Gauteng, South Africa
- Irene, South Dakota, United States
- Irene, Texas, United States
- Irene, West Virginia, United States
- Irene Lake, Quebec, Canada
- Lake Irene, a small lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, United States
- Lake Irene, a lake in Minnesota, United States
- Irene River (Opawica River tributary), a tributary of the Opawica River in Quebec, Canada
- Irene River (New Zealand), a river of New Zealand
- Eirini metro station, an Athens metro station in Ano Maroussi, Greece
Storms and hurricanes
edit- Tropical Storm Irene (1947)
- Tropical Storm Irene (1959)
- Hurricane Irene–Olivia (1971)
- Hurricane Irene (1981), part of the 1981 Atlantic hurricane season
- Hurricane Irene (1999)
- Hurricane Irene (2005)
- Hurricane Irene (2011)
Arts and entertainment
editFilms and anime
edit- Irene (1926 film), an American silent film
- Irene (1940 film), an American film
- Irene (2002 film), a French film
- Irene (2009 film), a French film
- Irina Jelavić, a character in the manga and anime Assassination Classroom
- Eirene, a character in the anime SoltyRei
- Irene, the female protagonist of the 2011 movie Drive
- Irene Belserion, a character in the manga Fairy Tail
- Irene Moffat, a character in the 1987 American fantasy comedy movie Harry and the Hendersons
Literature
edit- Irene (play), a play written by Samuel Johnson between 1726 and 1749
- Irène (tragedy), a 1778 play by Voltaire
- "Irene", an 1831 poem by Edgar Allan Poe, also known as "The Sleeper"
- Irene Adler, a character in the Sherlock Holmes story "A Scandal in Bohemia"
- Destiny (Irene Adler), a Marvel Comics character
- Irene Redfield, a character in the novel Passing, by Nella Larsen
- Irene Forsyte, a character in The Forsyte Saga
- Irene Pollock, a character in the 44 Scotland Street series
- Irene Van de Kamp, a character in the Good Girls (comics) series
- Irene Kennedy, a character in multiple Mitch Rapp novels by Vince Flynn
- Princess Irene, the heroine of The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
- The eponymous protagonist of Irene Iddesleigh by Amanda McKittrick Ros
Music
edit- Irene (musical), a 1919 Broadway musical
- Irene (singer) (born 1991), South Korean entertainer and member of the girl group Red Velvet
- Irene, a character in the opera Tamerlano by Handel
- Irene, a character in the opera Bajazet by Vivaldi
- "Irene", a song by Beach House on the 2012 album Bloom
- "Irene", a song by Mike Oldfield on the 2014 album Man on the Rocks
- "Irene", a song by tobyMac on the 2001 album Momentum
Television
edit- Irene the Concierge, a character in the TV series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
- Irene Frederic, a character in the series Warehouse 13
Ships
edit- Irene (ketch), a 1907 sailing ship
- Irene (sternwheeler), a 1900s steamboat of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet
- Irene-class cruiser, of the German Imperial Navy
- SMS Irene, a German protected cruiser in service from 1887 to 1921
- HMS Princess Irene
- MV Eirini, a British refrigerated cargo liner in service from 1961 to 1970
- MV Irene, a Greek-owned freighter
- MV Irene SL, a Greek-owned supertanker
- TSS Irene (1885), a steam turbine cargo vessel in service from 1885 to 1906
- SS Irene, a China Merchants Steam Navigation Company steamship, sank in 1927 by Royal Navy submarines in the Irene incident
Other uses
edit- Irene of Athens, Byzantine empress from 797 to 802
- Irene (singer), the stage name of Red Velvet's Bae Joo-hyun
- Irene (costume designer), American fashion designer and costume designer
- IRENE (technology), an optical method for playing sound recordings
- 14 Irene, an asteroid
- Irene, in chemistry the hydrocarbon (CH3)4C10H8 formed by dehydration of irone
- A rosemary cultivar
- A brand name of desipramine, a tricyclic antidepressant
- Operation Irini, a European Union Naval Operation