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 ofpeace , one of the Horae/Horæ ; equivalent to theRoman goddessPax . - proper noun 14 Irene, an
asteroid . - proper noun A female
given name , in regular use since the 19th century.
Etymologies
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Examples
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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Abigail Irene is now in her eighties, not particularly mellowed with age.
i asked the same question once. matociquala 2009
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