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Irvine

American  
[ur-vahyn, ur-vin] / ˈɜr vaɪn, ˈɜr vɪn /

noun

  1. a city in SW California.

  2. Also Irvin. a male given name.


Irvine 1 British  
/ 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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Irvine 2 British  
/ ˈɜːvaɪn /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Irvine Police Department is requesting help from the public in identifying and locating a man suspected of vandalizing about 13 Teslas with spray paint.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

In Irvine Welsh’s “Men in Love,” each of the four male protagonists has a different approach.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

A minor league team plans to launch in Irvine next year, and the entrepreneur behind it is pitching it as a way to provide fans with a taste of Asian baseball.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

The Irvine, Calif.-based company plans to start work on 62% more square footage this year than in 2025 and is working on preparing land for future development.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Back in high school, she was extremely vocal in pointing out hypocrisies in the curriculum, or inequalities in their disciplinary system—and nothing has really changed now that she’s a social ecology major at UC Irvine.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

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