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

Irene (given name) Irene (), 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 Byzantine empress (Irene of Athens), ...

Places

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

, 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 area, unincorporated community in Hill County, Texas, Hill County, Texas, United States. It is located approximately twelve miles southeast of Hillsboro, Texas, Hillsboro, near the intersection of Farm to Market Roa ...

, United States *

Irene, West Virginia Irene is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The ...

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

Rocky Mountain National Park Rocky Mountain National Park is a List of national parks of the United States, national park of the United States located approximately northwest of Denver in north-central Colorado, within the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The park is s ...

, 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) 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 whe ...

* Tropical Storm Irene (1959) *

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

(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 cyclone naming, tropical or subtropical storms. Overall, the season was fairly active, with 22 tropical depressions, 12 of ...

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 nort ...

* 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 tropical cyclone naming, named storm, first hurricane, and first major ...

(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-villain of the series. He is a yellow octopus-like creature who is the teacher of Class 3-E of Kunugigaoka ...

, a character in the manga and anime ''

Assassination Classroom is a Japanese 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 dedicated to the task of ass ...

'' * 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 Hal ...

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 is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-writer John Byrne, the character first appeared in ''Uncanny X-Men'' #141, published on October 21, ...

, 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 1932 Nobel Prize in Literature. They chronicle th ...

'' * 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 month ...

'' 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 ''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 seria ...

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

Irene Iddesleigh ''Irene Iddesleigh'' is a 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 an adopted Canterbury noblewoman named ...

'' by Amanda McKittrick Ros

Music

* ''Irene'' (musical), a 1919 Broadway musical *

Irene (singer) Bae Joo-hyun (; born March 29, 1991), better known by her stage name Irene (), is a South Korean singer and actress. She is best known as the member and leader of the South Korean girl group Red Velvet (group), Red Velvet, and its sub-unit Red ...

(born 1991), South Korean entertainer and member of the girl group Red Velvet * 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 Agostino 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 In Newtonian mechanics, momentum (: momenta or momentums; 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. ...

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 teen 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 twice for the Primetime Emmy Award for ...

'' * 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 executively produced by Jack Kenny and David Simkins for Universal Cable Productions. Des ...

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 * 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 Irene of Athens (, ; 750/756 – 9 August 803), surname Sarantapechaena (, ), was Byzantine empress consort to Emperor Leo IV from 775 to 780, regent during the childhood of their son Constantine VI from 780 until 790, co-ruler from 792 unti ...

, Byzantine empress from 797 to 802 * 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 archive ...

, an optical method for playing sound recordings *

14 Irene 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 orbital plane is tilted at an a ...

, 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 f ...

* A

rosemary ''Salvia rosmarinus'' (), commonly known as rosemary, is a shrub with fragrant, evergreen, needle-like leaves and white, pink, purple, or blue flowers. It is a member of the sage family, Lamiaceae. The species is native to the Mediterranean r ...

cultivar * A brand name of desipramine, a tricyclic antidepressant *

Operation Irini The European Union Naval Force Mediterranean Operation Irini (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI) was launched on 31 March 2020 with the primary mission to enforce the United Nations arms embargo on Libya due to the Second Libyan Civil War. Operation Irini is a ...

, a European Union Naval Operation