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 Irene (/aɪˈriːniː/ eye-ree-nee) is a small village on the eastern outskirts of Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa. Prehistoric inhabitants Though they left no historical writings of their own, records from other sources in the early 19th centu ...

, South Africa * Irene, South Dakota, United States * Irene, Texas, United States *

Irene, West Virginia Irene is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographer ...

, United States * Irene Lake, Quebec, Canada * Lake Irene, a small lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, United States *

Lake Irene Lake Irene is a lake in Douglas County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Lake Irene was named for Irene Roadruck, whose mother was honored with her own lake, Lake Miltona. Lake Irene is home to basketball legend Luke Janushka. Janushka is the ...

, 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) The Irene River is a river of New Zealand, flowing into Charles Sound, Fiordland. The river flows generally north from the Irene Pass, a saddle in the Museum Range of the Southern Alps. It follows a roughly semicircular path, initially flows n ...

, a river of New Zealand *

Eirini metro station Eirini ( el, Ειρήνη), also known as Irini on signage, is a station on Line 1 of the Athens Metro. It is adjacent to the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Marousi, a northern suburb of Athens, Greece, from the starting point of the line at ...

, an Athens metro station in Ano Maroussi, Greece

Storms and hurricanes

* Tropical Storm Irene (1947) *

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 ...

(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 was a long-lived Cape Verde hurricane during the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm formed near Cape Verde on August 4 and crossed the Atlantic, turning northward around Bermuda before being absorbed by an extratropical cy ...

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 ...

(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 Ku ...

, 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 Irene Adler is a fictional character in the Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A former opera singer and actress, she was featured in the short story " A Scandal in Bohemia", published in July 1891. Adler is one of the ...

, 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 Nellallitea "Nella" Larsen (born Nellie Walker; April 13, 1891 – March 30, 1964) was an American novelist. Working as a nurse and a librarian, she published two novels, ''Quicksand'' (1928) and '' Passing'' (1929), and a few short stories. Tho ...

* Irene Forsyte, a character in ''

The Forsyte Saga ''The Forsyte Saga'', first published under that title in 1922, is a series of three novels and two interludes published between 1906 and 1921 by the English author John Galsworthy, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature. They chronicle the vici ...

'' * 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-ter ...

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'' by Amanda McKittrick Ros

Music

* ''Irene'' (musical), a 1919 Broadway musical * Irene, a character in the opera ''

Tamerlano ''Tamerlano'' ( Tamerlane, HWV 18) is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel. The Italian libretto was by Nicola Francesco Haym, adapted from Agostin Piovene's ''Tamerlano'' together with another libretto entitled ''Bajazet'' a ...

'' 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 ''Man on the Rocks'' is the twenty-fifth studio album by British musician Mike Oldfield, released on 3 March 2014 on the Virgin EMI label. The album is Oldfield's second full album of exclusively songs with no long or instrumental pieces, the f ...

'' * "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 ''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 al ...

'' * 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 ** , 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) Bae Joo-hyun (; born March 29, 1991), known professionally as Irene, is a South Korean singer, rapper, and actress. She is the leader of the South Korean girl group Red Velvet and a member of its sub-unit Red Velvet - Irene & Seulgi. Early li ...

, the stage name of Red Velvet's Bae Joo-hyun * Irene (costume designer), 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 orb ...

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

irone Irones are a group of methylionone odorants used in perfumery, derived from iris oil,Council of Europe, August 2007 e.g. orris root. The most commercially important of these are: * (-)-''cis''-γ-irone, and * (-)-''cis''-α-irone Irones form t ...

* 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 to the Mediterranean region. Until 2017, it was known by the scientific name ''Rosmar ...

cultivar * A brand name of

desipramine Desipramine, sold under the brand name Norpramin among others, is a tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) used in the treatment of depression. It acts as a relatively selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, though it does also have other activiti ...

, a tricyclic antidepressant