Irene

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英文释义

专有名词
  1. Eirene, the Greek goddess of peace, one of the Horae/Horæ; equivalent to the Roman goddess Pax. Greek
  2. 14 Irene, a main belt asteroid.
  3. A female given name from Ancient Greek, in regular use since the 19th century.
    — But lest I be thought too literall, give me leave to allegorize upon this Irene. Her name is a Greek name, Εἰρήνη, it signifies peace; we must not dote upon our Irene, our private peace, that the publique should suffer for the sake of it.
  4. A city and town in South Dakota, United States.

词源

Borrowed from French Irène, from Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē, “peace”), name of a goddess of peace, of early Christian saints, and of an 8th-century Byzantine empress. Doublet of Eirini.
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