"Irene" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /aɪˈɹiːn/ Audio: En-us-irene.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -iːn Etymology: Borrowed from French Irène, from Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē, “peace”), name of a goddess of peace, of early Christian saints, and of an 8th-century Byzantine empress. Doublet of Eirini. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|Irène}} French Irène, {{der|en|grc|Εἰρήνη||peace}} Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē, “peace”), {{doublet|en|Eirini}} Doublet of Eirini Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Irene
  1. (Greek mythology) Eirene, the Greek goddess of peace, one of the Horae/Horæ; equivalent to the Roman goddess Pax. Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek deities
    Sense id: en-Irene-en-name-6AkvgzBT Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  2. (astronomy) 14 Irene, a main belt asteroid. Categories (topical): Astronomy Related terms: irenic (english: and its related terms) Translations (Asteroid): 司寧星 (Chinese Mandarin), 司宁星 (Sīníngxīng) (Chinese Mandarin), Irene (Italian), Ире́на (Iréna) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Irene-en-name-SpvTYakb Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'Asteroid': 7 65 23 5
  3. A female given name from Ancient Greek, in regular use since the 19th century. Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names Translations (female given name): Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), Іры́на (Irýna) [feminine] (Belarusian), আইরিন (airin) (Bengali), Eirene (Breton), Ири́на (Irína) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Irene (Catalan), 艾琳 (Àilín) (Chinese Mandarin), Irena [feminine] (Czech), Irene [common-gender] (Danish), Irene (Dutch), Irene (Estonian), Irena [feminine] (Faroese), Irene (Finnish), Irène [feminine] (French), Irene (Galician), ირინა (irina) (Georgian), Irene [feminine] (German), Ειρήνη (Eiríni) (Greek), Irén (Hungarian), Irénke (Hungarian), Jerne (Hungarian), Irene [feminine] (Italian), アイリーン (Airīn) (Japanese), エイレーネー (Eirēnē) (Japanese), 이레네 (english: Irene) (Korean), Irene (Latin), Irēna [feminine] (Latvian), Irena [feminine] (Lithuanian), Ире́на (Iréna) [feminine] (Macedonian), Ири́на (Irína) [feminine] (Macedonian), Irene (Norwegian), Irena [feminine] (Polish), Irene (Portuguese), Iria (Portuguese), Irina [feminine] (Romanian), Ири́на (Irína) [feminine] (Russian), Айри́н (Ajrín) [feminine, transliteration] (Russian), Iirâšǩ (Skolt Sami), Irena [feminine] (Slovak), Irene [feminine] (Spanish), Irene [common-gender] (Swedish), Іри́на (Irýna) [feminine] (Ukrainian), Яри́на (Jarýna) [feminine] (Ukrainian), Оруунэ (Oruune) (Yakut)
    Sense id: en-Irene-en-name-YM3mWZ6K Disambiguation of 'female given name': 1 1 96 1
  4. A city and town in South Dakota, United States. Categories (place): Cities in South Dakota, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in South Dakota, USA, Places in the United States, Towns in South Dakota, USA, Towns in the United States
    Sense id: en-Irene-en-name-svs~vfnc

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        "(Greek mythology) Eirene, the Greek goddess of peace, one of the Horae/Horæ; equivalent to the Roman goddess Pax."
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        "sciences"
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          "ref": "1653, Jeremiah Burroughs, Irenicum: To the Lovers of Truth & Peace, London: Robert Dawlman, page 267",
          "text": "But lest I be thought too literall, give me leave to allegorize upon this Irene. Her name is a Greek name, Εἰρήνη, it signifies peace; we must not dote upon our Irene, our private peace, that the publique should suffer for the sake of it.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1944, A.J.Cronin, The Green Years, Little, Brown, and Company, page 62",
          "text": "And I have such a horrible name. Think of it... Kate. Who would take Kate on a Moonlight Cruise...or out to the Minstrels at the point. If you ever do find me in the company of a strange young man, call me Irene. Promise me.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1993, Oscar Hijuelos:, The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien, page 75",
          "text": "Better to consider the love of Irene, the seventh of the sisters, with her most elegant name.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "A female given name from Ancient Greek, in regular use since the 19th century."
      ],
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      ]
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      "categories": [
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        "en:Cities in the United States",
        "en:Places in South Dakota, USA",
        "en:Places in the United States",
        "en:Towns in South Dakota, USA",
        "en:Towns in the United States"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A city and town in South Dakota, United States."
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          "South Dakota",
          "South Dakota#English"
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        [
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        ]
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːn"
    },
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "Irýna",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Іры́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "airin",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "আইরিন"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Eirene"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "Irína",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ири́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Irene"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Àilín",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "艾琳"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Irena"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "Irene"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Irene"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Irene"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Irena"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Irene"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Irène"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Irene"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "irina",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "ირინა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Irene"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Eiríni",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Ειρήνη"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "Eirḗnē",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Εἰρήνη"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Irén"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Irénke"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Jerne"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Irene"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Airīn",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "アイリーン"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Eirēnē",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "エイレーネー"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "english": "Irene",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "이레네"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Irene"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Irēna"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Irena"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Iréna",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ире́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Irína",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ири́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Irene"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Irena"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Irene"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Iria"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Irina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Irína",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ири́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Ajrín",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "transliteration"
      ],
      "word": "Айри́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sms",
      "lang": "Skolt Sami",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Iirâšǩ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Irena"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Irene"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "Irene"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Irýna",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Іри́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Jarýna",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Яри́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "Oruune",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Оруунэ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Asteroid",
      "word": "司寧星"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Sīníngxīng",
      "sense": "Asteroid",
      "word": "司宁星"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Asteroid",
      "word": "Irene"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Iréna",
      "sense": "Asteroid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ире́на"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Irene"
}

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