Irene is a name derived from εἰρήνη (eirēnē), the Greek for "peace". Irene, and related names, may refer to: *

Irene (given name) Irene (Greek: Ειρήνη- ''Eirēnē''), sometimes written Irini, is derived from εἰρήνη, the Greek language, Greek word for "peace". Eirene (goddess), Eirene was the Greek goddess of peace. Irene was also the name of an 8th-century Byzant ...

Places

* Irene, Gauteng, South Africa *

Irene, South Dakota Irene is a city in Clay, Turner, and Yankton counties in South Dakota, United States. The population was 422 at the 2020 census. The portion of Irene that is located in Turner County is a part of the Sioux Falls, South Dakota metropolitan area, ...

, United States *

Irene, Texas Irene is an unincorporated community in Hill County, Texas. It is located approximately twelve miles southeast of Hillsboro, near the intersection of FM 308 and FM 1946. Irene had an estimated population of 170 in 2000. Area students attend sch ...

, United States * Irene, West Virginia, United States *

Irene Lake Irene Lake is a freshwater body of the southeastern part of the Eeyou Istchee James Bay (municipality), in Jamésie, in the administrative region of Nord-du-Québec, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. This stretch of water extends in the cant ...

, Quebec, Canada * Lake Irene, a small lake in

Rocky Mountain National Park Rocky Mountain National Park is an American national park located approximately northwest of Denver in north-central Colorado, within the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The park is situated between the towns of Estes Park to the east and ...

, Colorado, United States * Lake Irene, a lake in Minnesota, United States *

Irene River (Opawica River tributary) The Irene River is a tributary of the Opawica River, flowing into the Municipality of Eeyou Istchee James Bay (municipality), in Jamésie, in the administrative region of Nord-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada. This river crosses successively the ...

, 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) The 1947 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1947, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when ...

Tropical Storm Irene (1959) The 1959 Atlantic hurricane season had a then record-tying number of tropical cyclones – five – develop before August 1. The season was officially to begin on June 15, 1959 and last until November 15, 1959, the period of each y ...

Hurricane Irene–Olivia Hurricane Irene–Olivia was the first actively tracked tropical cyclone to move into the eastern Pacific Ocean from the Atlantic basin. It originated as a tropical depression on September 11, 1971, in the tropical Atlantic. The cyclone tracked n ...

(1971) * Hurricane Irene (1981), part of the

1981 Atlantic hurricane season The 1981 Atlantic hurricane season featured direct or indirect impacts from nearly all of its 12 tropical or subtropical storms. Overall, the season was fairly active, with 22 tropical depressions, 12 of which became a namable st ...

Hurricane Irene (1999) Hurricane Irene produced somewhat heavy damage across southern Florida in October 1999. The ninth named storm and the sixth hurricane of the season, Irene developed in the western Caribbean Sea on October 13 from a tropical wave. It moved north ...

* Hurricane Irene (2005) *

Hurricane Irene Hurricane Irene was a large and destructive tropical cyclone which affected much of the Caribbean and East Coast of the United States during late August 2011. The ninth named storm, first hurricane, and first major hurricane of the 2011 At ...

(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 This page lists the characters that appear in ''Assassination Classroom''. Main characters Koro-sensei is the main protagonist and anti-hero of the series. He is a powerful octopus-like creature who is the homeroom teacher of Class 3-E of Kunu ...

, a character in the manga and anime ''

Assassination Classroom is a Japanese science fiction comedy manga series written and illustrated by Yusei Matsui. The series follows the daily life of an extremely powerful octopus-like being working as a junior high homeroom teacher, and his students dedicate ...

'' * Eirene, a character in the anime ''SoltyRei'' * Irene, the female protagonist of the 2011 movie ''

Drive Drive or The Drive may refer to: Motoring * Driving, the act of controlling a vehicle * Road trip, a journey on roads Roadways Roadways called "drives" may include: * Driveway, a private road for local access to structures, abbreviated "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 ''Harry and the Hendersons'' is a 1987 American fantasy comedy film directed and produced by William Dear and starring John Lithgow, Melinda Dillon, Don Ameche, David Suchet, Margaret Langrick, Joshua Rudoy, Lainie Kazan, and Kevin Peter Hall. ...

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) Destiny (Irene Adler) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, usually those featuring the X-Men. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-writer John Byrne, the character first appeared in '' ...

, 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 ''44 Scotland Street'' is an episodic novel by Alexander McCall Smith, the author of ''The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency''. The story was first published as a serial in ''The Scotsman'', starting 26 January 2004, every weekday, for six months. ...

'' series * Irene Van de Kamp, a character in the ''Good Girls'' (comics) series * Irene Kennedy, a character in multiple

Mitch Rapp Mitch Rapp is a fictional character in a series of novel by Vince Flynn and in the film adaptation of ''American Assassin''. Since Flynn's death in 2013, the series has been continued by Kyle Mills. Character introduction Rapp is a counter-terro ...

novels by Vince Flynn * Princess Irene, the heroine of ''

The Princess and the Goblin ''The Princess and the Goblin'' is a children's fantasy novel by George MacDonald. It was published in 1872 by Strahan & Co., with black-and-white illustrations by Arthur Hughes. Strahan had published the story and illustrations as a serial in ...

'' by George MacDonald * The eponymous protagonist of ''

Irene Iddesleigh ''Irene Iddesleigh'' is a Romantic fiction, romantic drama novel written by Amanda McKittrick Ros. Its publication in 1897 was financed by Ros's husband as a gift on their tenth wedding anniversary. The plot centers around the complicated love li ...

'' by Amanda McKittrick Ros

Music

* ''Irene'' (musical), a 1919 Broadway musical * 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 Bloom or blooming may refer to: Science and technology Biology * Bloom, one or more flowers on a flowering plant * Algal bloom, a rapid increase or accumulation in the population of algae in an aquatic system * Jellyfish bloom, a collective n ...

'' * "Irene", a song by Mike Oldfield on the 2014 album '' Man on the Rocks'' * "Irene", a song by tobyMac on the 2001 album ''

Momentum In Newtonian mechanics, momentum (more specifically linear momentum or translational momentum) is the product of the mass and velocity of an object. It is a vector quantity, possessing a magnitude and a direction. If is an object's mass an ...

Television

* Irene the Concierge, a character in the TV series ''

The Suite Life of Zack & Cody ''The Suite Life of Zack & Cody'' is an American sitcom created by Danny Kallis and Jim Geoghan. The series aired on Disney Channel from March 18, 2005, to September 1, 2008. The series was nominated for an Emmy Award three times and was also ...

'' * Irene Frederic, a character in the series ''

Warehouse 13 ''Warehouse 13'' is an American science fiction television series that originally ran from July 7, 2009, to May 19, 2014, on the Syfy network, and was executive produced by Jack Kenny and David Simkins for Universal Cable Productions. Described ...

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 ** , a German protected cruiser in service from 1887 to 1921 * HMS ''Princess Irene'' * , a British refrigerated cargo liner in service from 1961 to 1970 * , a Greek-owned freighter * , a Greek-owned supertanker * TSS ''Irene'' (1885), a steam turbine cargo vessel in service from 1885 to 1906

Other uses

* Irene (singer), the stage name of Red Velvet's Bae Joo-hyun *

Irene (costume designer) Irene Maud Lentz (December 8, 1901 – November 15, 1962),"Irene", in ''Suicide in the Entertainment Industry: An Encyclopedia of 840 Twentieth Century Cases'', by David K. Frasier (McFarland, 2005) pp. 156-157 also known mononymously and profe ...

, American fashion designer and costume designer *

IRENE (technology) IRENE (''Image, Reconstruct, Erase Noise, Etc.'') is a digital imaging technology designed to recover analog audio stored on fragile or deteriorating phonograph cylinders, records, and other grooved audio media. It is in use by several archives a ...

, an optical method for playing sound recordings *

14 Irene Irene (minor planet designation: 14 Irene) is a large main-belt asteroid, discovered by the English astronomer John Russell Hind on May 19, 1851. It is orbiting the Sun at a distance of with a period of and an eccentricity of 0.168. The orbita ...

, an asteroid * Irene, in chemistry the hydrocarbon (CH₃)₄C₁₀H₈ formed by dehydration of

irone Irones are a group of ionone, methylionone odorants used in perfumery, derived from Iris (plant), iris oil,Council of Europe, August 2007 e.g. orris root. The most commercially important of these are: * (-)-''cis''-γ-irone, and * (-)-''cis''-α- ...

* A

rosemary ''Salvia rosmarinus'' (), commonly known as rosemary, is a shrub with fragrant, evergreen, needle-like leaves and white, pink, purple, or blue flowers, native plant, native to the Mediterranean Region, Mediterranean region. Until 2017, it was kn ...

cultivar * A brand name of desipramine, a tricyclic antidepressant