Definitions
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- proper n. A taxonomic genus within the family Irenidae — the fairy-bluebirds.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In ornithology, a remarkable genus of old-world passerine birds of uncertain position, type of the subfamily Ireninæ; the so-called fairy bluebirds.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. type genus of the Irenidae: fairy bluebirds
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Examples
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Sure, Irena is not the most egregarious example of this, but she certainly is one.
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But now the person she was portraying, in a play called Irena's Vow, was the little-known Irene Gut Opdyke, a blonde blue-eyed Polish Catholic "righteous gentile" memorialized at Vad Yashem (right next to Oskar Schindler) for having as a young woman saved the lives of a dozen Jews she'd hidden in a cellar in the Nazi-occupied Ukraine, under the nose of the German officer for whom she was laboring as housekeeper.
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Domini heard the name "Irena," and guessed that Batouch was asking the Kabyle to send for her and make her dance.
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Martin A. Grove wrote, "There's already talk that 'Irena' will be a contender for Best Play when this year's Tony nominations are announced in May."
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STAGE REVIEW: 'Irena's Vow' honors one woman's bravery
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June 17th, 2009 'Irena's Vow' to close on BroadwayNEW YORK -
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It will open Oct. June 17th, 2009 'Irena's Vow' to close on BroadwayNEW YORK -
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They also serve: Rabbis 'spouses prove as diverse as roles they fill Tovah Feldshuh immortalizes life of young Shoah heroine in' Irena's Vow '
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Miss Irena Rašeta, who runs the NOSF portal (www. nosf.net) decided few months ago to start a site dedicated to the international promotion of Croatian SF.
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The site looks like it's just been launched, but already some of the cool content includes the following (Thanks, Irena!): The article
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