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

Example Sentences

The straying husband in Mr. Miller’s novel is Eric Parry, who moved from London to work as a physician in a village outside Bristol where he has been stepping out on his wife, Irene, with the sexy spouse of a patient.

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The novel shifts among the points of view of Eric and Irene, as well as those of their neighbors Rita and Bill, who struggle to run a dairy farm.

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In a report on Monday, a group of analysts led by Irene Tunkel, chief strategist at BCA Research, cited “a unique opportunity for non-Chinese miners and refiners to scale production and achieve profitability.”

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Irene Dea, 46, from Ivory Coast, told AFP she had tried to reach Europe three times by boat, with 12 people dying in the Mediterranean on her first attempt.

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More to the point, France is an underappreciated export powerhouse whose listed companies reap three-quarters of their sales beyond its borders, says Irene Lauro, European economist at Schroders.

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