Irene

American  

[ahy-ree-nee, ahy-reen, ahy-ree-nee] / aɪˈri ni, aɪˈrin, aɪˈri ni /

noun

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

2. Also Irena A female given name.

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Irene British  

/ 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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Example Sentences

Clare and Irene, the two main characters in this electric novella, are both black but light-skinned.

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Irene, proudly black, is married to a black doctor and lives in Harlem in New York City.

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Against her better instincts, Irene allows Clare back into her life, threatening her own marriage in the process.

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Larsen’s mapping of Irene’s mental unraveling is no less expert.

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UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan had previously said the charges against Cumpio appeared to be "in retaliation for her work as a journalist".

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