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Irene

[ahy-ree-nee, ahy-reen, ahy-ree-nee]

noun

  1. Classical Mythology.,  one of the Horae, the personification of peace.

  2. Also Irena A female given name.



Irene

/ aɪˈriːnɪ /

noun

  1. ?752–803 ad , Byzantine ruler (780–90, 792–97, joint ruler with her son Constantine VI; 797–802). She is venerated as a saint in the Greek Orthodox Church

  2. Greek myth the goddess of peace

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“In 2024, I got to be a go-go dancer for DJ Irene’s birthday party at the Mayan,” Champagne recalled.

“I felt like that was full circle for me because I had gone to the Mayan for house music as well. I had been a fan of DJ Irene since the ‘90s.

They didn’t plan for Irene Gilbert.

From Salon

The U.N. special rapporteur on freedom of expression, Irene Khan, denounced Israel’s accusations against Al-Sharif in July as “unfounded” and a “blatant attempt to endanger his life and silence his reporting on the genocide in Gaza.”

Hogg and I spoke about a month after Irene Shin, state Democratic delegate, suffered a bruising loss in a Virginia special election to fill late Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly’s old seat.

From Slate

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