Irene
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The given name Irene may refer to the following:
[edit] People named Irene
- Irene Bedard, Native American actress.
- Irene Cara, American singer.
- Irene Jacob, French actress.
- Irene Lentz, Hollywood fashion and costume designer.
- Irene Saez, former Miss Universe and Venezuelan presidential candidate.
- Tzitzak, the wife of Emperor Constantine V, who was baptized as Irene.
- Byzantine Empress Irene, wife of Emperor Leo IV and empress regnant 797-802 AD.
- Eirene an ancient Greek artist.
- Eirene, Greek goddess of peace (one of the Horae).
- Saint Irene.
- Santa Iria (Portuguese for Saint Irene).
[edit] Other Uses
- Irene (musical) is a Broadway musical that was first produced in 1919
- The asteroid 14 Irene.
- Irene, South Africa is a small town in Gauteng.
- A hydrocarbon C13 H18 formed by dehydration of irone.
- Irene is the name on the list of tropical cyclone names for the ninth tropical cyclone in the Atlantic Ocean in 2005, having been used as the name for five tropical cyclones in the past; see Tropical Storm Irene (disambiguation).
- Irene is the name of a song on the album Momentum, the first album by Christian rapper/singer tobyMac. The song is track 3 on the album.
- Irene was also the go-code for the final stage of Operation Gothic Serpent(also known as the Battle of Mogadishu).
- Irene (NBC), a proposed 1981 NBC sitcom (pilot), starring then Fame star Irene Cara. It also featured veterans Kaye Ballard and Theodore Wilson and was a jumpstart for newcomers Keenan Ivory Wayans, Julia Duffy and Michael Winslow.
Irene is from the Greek Ειρηνη meaning peace (compare "eirenical"), and is sometimes written Irini. It is sometimes pronounced as two syllables, but in Greek as three syllables.
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