Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The fourteenth planetoid, discovered by Hind at London in 1851.
  • noun In zoology: A genus of acalephs. Also written Eirene.
  • noun Same as Irena.

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  • proper noun Greek mythology Eirene, the Greek goddess of peace, one of the Horae/Horæ; equivalent to the Roman goddess Pax.
  • proper noun 14 Irene, an asteroid.
  • proper noun A female given name, in regular use since the 19th century.

Etymologies

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French Irène, from Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη eirēnē "peace", name of a goddess of peace, of early Christian saints, and of an 8th-century Byzantine empress.

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Examples

  • Carissa had no idea if the word Irene just uttered referred to an animal, vegetable, or mineral.

    Under a Maui Moon Robin Jones Gunn 2010

  • Carissa had no idea if the word Irene just uttered referred to an animal, vegetable, or mineral.

    Under a Maui Moon Robin Jones Gunn 2010

  • Carissa had no idea if the word Irene just uttered referred to an animal, vegetable, or mineral.

    Under a Maui Moon Robin Jones Gunn 2010

  • Carissa had no idea if the word Irene just uttered referred to an animal, vegetable, or mineral.

    Under a Maui Moon Robin Jones Gunn 2010

  • Hurricane Irene caused billions of dollars in damage and forced millions of people to evacuate, which could force the name "Irene" into retirement even though the storm was only a Category 1 when it made landfall and was downgraded to a tropical storm as it ravaged the Northeast.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • Hurricane name retirement decisions are made by high-level committees, which take months to decide, so it's still too early to know if the name "Irene" will be retired.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • Abby Irene is telling me she wants POV -- so far, she hasn't had any, so it would be a break in structure, but I may not care all that much, since she's the only one who can narrate this scene and I'd like to include it.

    August 24th, 2009 matociquala 2009

  • When the novel opens, Irene is resuming work on her doctoral thesis about George Catlin, the nineteenth century painter whose Native American subjects often regarded his portraits with suspicious wonder.

    Shadow Tag by Louise Erdrich: Book summary 2010

  • We had a woman by the name of Irene Bee that added some vocals to about four different songs.

    Mike Ragogna: From Graceland To A Galaxy To Further Explorations: Chatting With Jeff Lorber And Eddie Gomez, Plus Paul Simon's Classic Turns 25 Mike Ragogna 2012

  • Abigail Irene is now in her eighties, not particularly mellowed with age.

    i asked the same question once. matociquala 2009

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