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Irene Haas
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 Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irene (given Name)
Irene (Greek: Ειρήνη- ''Eirēnē''), sometimes written Irini, is derived from εἰρήνη, the Greek word for "peace". Eirene was the Greek goddess of peace. Irene was also the name of an 8th-century Byzantine empress (Irene of Athens), as well as the name of several saints (see Saint Irene). Variants *Arina (Russian) *Arisha (Russian) *Eireen (English, Irish) *Eirena (English) *Eirene (English, Greek) *Eirini (Greek) *Eraina (English) *Erayna (English) *Erea ( Galicia) *Erene (English) *Ereni (Greek) *Eriny (Greek, similar to the pronunciation of) *Ira (Russian, Ukrainian) *Ireen (English) * Iren (English) *Irén ( Hungarian) *Irena ( Croatian, Czech, Dutch, English, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian) *Irene (Dutch, English, Italian, Latvian, Spanish, Portuguese) *Irène (French) *Irenea (Spanish) *Irenka (Czech, Polish, Slovak) *Iria ( Galician, Portuguese) *Iriana (English) *Iriena (English) *Irin (English) *Irina (Bulgarian, Fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Atlantic hurricane season, Irene originated from a well-defined Atlantic tropical wave that began showing signs of organization east of the Lesser Antilles. Due to development of atmospheric convection and a closed center of circulation, the system was designated as Tropical Storm Irene on August 20, 2011. After intensifying, Irene made landfall in St. Croix as a strong tropical storm later that day. Early on August 21, the storm made a second landfall in Puerto Rico. While crossing the island, Irene strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane. The storm paralleled offshore of Hispaniola, continuing to slowly intensify in the process. Shortly before making four landfalls in the Bahamas, Irene peaked as a Category 3 hurricane. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sleeper (poem)
This article lists all known poems by American author and critic Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849), listed alphabetically with the date of their authorship in parentheses. An Acrostic (1829) An unpublished 9-line poem written circa 1829 for Poe's cousin Elizabeth Rebecca Herring (the acrostic is her first name, spelled out by the first letter of each line). It was never published in Poe's lifetime. James H. Whitty discovered the poem and included it in his 1911 anthology of Poe's works under the title "From an Album". It was also published in Thomas Ollive Mabbott's definitive ''Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe'' in 1969 as "An Acrostic". The poem mentions "Endymion", possibly referring to an 1818 poem by John Keats with that name. The "L. E. L." in the third line may be Letitia Elizabeth Landon, an English artist known for signing her work with those initials. "Zantippe" in line four is actually Xanthippe, wife of Socrates. The spelling of the name w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irène (tragedy)
'' Irène '' is a tragedy in five acts by Voltaire, and his penultimate play. It was written in 1776–1777 and premiered in Paris on March 16, 1778. Composition Recent scholarship has suggested that the original inspiration for the story, though not its setting, was an account of the death of a young woman in China who prayed for death rather than betrayal of her faith. At the time he was working on the early versions of the play, Voltaire was reading ''Mémoires concernant l’histoire, les sciences, les arts, les mœurs, les usages, etc., des Chinois'' by the Jesuit priest Jean Joseph Marie Amiot and corresponding with d'Alembert and Diderot about what he read. The theme of a woman who chooses death before disloyalty is also classically Confucian. The play was written as part of Voltaire's plan to make a triumphal return to Paris after having spent nearly twenty years in self-imposed exile in Ferney. He wished to end his life with a great theatrical success that would sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irene (play)
''Irene'' is a Neoclassical tragedy written between 1726 and 1749 by Samuel Johnson. It has the distinction of being the work Johnson considered his greatest failure. Since his death, the critical consensus has been that he was right to think so. ''Irene'' was Johnson's only play, and was first performed on 6 February 1749 in a production by his friend and former pupil David Garrick. The play was a commercial success and earned Johnson more money than anything else he had written up to that point. It was never revived during his lifetime, and there is no subsequent evidence of any other full-scale productions of ''Irene'' anywhere until 1999, making it one of the most unsuccessful plays ever written by a major author. Background Johnson began writing ''Irene'' around 1726 when he first began to work in his father's bookshop. While in the bookshop he befriended Gilbert Walmesley, the Registrar of the Ecclesiastical Court of Lichfield. Johnson would discuss ''Irene'' with Walm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. Steven Spielberg served as its uncredited executive producer, while Rick Baker provided the makeup and the creature designs for Harry. The film tells the story of a Seattle |
