Irvine

[ur-vahyn, ur-vin]

noun

1. a city in SW California.

2. Also Irvin. a male given name.

Irvine

¹

/ ˈɜːvɪn /

noun

1. a town on the W coast of Scotland, the administrative centre of North Ayrshire: designated a new town in 1966. Pop: 33 090 (2001)

Irvine

²

/ ˈɜːvaɪn /

noun

1. Alexander Andrew Mackay, Baron, known as Derry. born 1940, British lawyer and Labour politician; Lord Chancellor (1997–2003)

Example Sentences

Former Rep. Katie Porter of Irvine received the endorsement of a prominent Democratic women’s group on Monday that backs candidates who support abortion rights.

From Los Angeles Times

At the moment, Porter, a UC Irvine law professor who unsuccessfully ran for U.S.

From Los Angeles Times

“Hell yes,” said former Rep. Katie Porter of Irvine, who teaches at UC Irvine’s law school and benefited from a program created by state university leaders to allow faculty to buy houses priced below the market rate in costly Orange County because the high cost of housing in the region was an obstacle in recruiting professors.

From Los Angeles Times

“I get to benefit from UC Irvine’s investment in their professionals and professors and professional staff housing, but they are not doing it for everyone,” she said, noting workers such as clerks, janitors and patient-care staff don’t have access to similar benefits.

From Los Angeles Times

An Irvine man was charged with hate crimes against Latino men, after allegedly hurling racial slurs, throwing hot coffee on someone and punching an elderly man.

From Los Angeles Times