Irene

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Irene is a name derived from εἰρήνη (eirēnē), the Greek for "peace".

Irene, and related names, may refer to:

Irene (given name)

Places

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

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

Films and anime

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

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

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

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

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

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