Iris
Iris is for:
- Iris (given name), female given name
- Iris (mythology), Greek goddess
- Iris (eye), iris in the eye
- Iris, the plant genus of the irises
- Iris (mantis shrimp), a genus of mantis shrimp
- Iris (film), American-British feature film (2001).
- Iris - Rendezvous with Death, French Feature Film (2016)
- Iris (television series), South Korean television series (2009).
- Iris (car brand), former British car brand (1906-1925)
- Iris. Vierteljahresschrift für Frauenzimmer, literary journal (Düsseldorf and Berlin 1774-1778).
- Iris (Freiburg), literary paperback, published between 1802 and 1812 by Johann Georg Jacobi
- Iris. Unterhaltungsblatt für Freunde des Schönen und Nützlichen, literary journal (Frankfurt 1819-1828).
- Tropical Storm Iris, tropical storm 1999 in the Pacific Ocean
- (7) Iris, asteroid of the main belt
Geographic Objects:
- Iris, in ancient times a river in Pontus, see Yeşilırmak.
- Iris (California), place in Imperial County
- Iris (West Virginia), place in Ritchie County
- Iris Bay, bay of South Georgia in the South Atlantic Ocean
- Iris Falls, waterfall in Yellowstone National Park
Music:
- Iris (opera), opera by Pietro Mascagni (premiere: 1898)
- Iris (US-American band), US-American synth-pop band
- Iris (Romanian band), Romanian hard rock band
People:
- Andreas Iris (also: Rainbow; 1540-1600), German philosopher and university rector
- Donnie Iris (* 1943), US-American rock musician
- Iris, a stage name of Laura Van den Bruel (born 1995), Belgian pop singer
IRIS stands as an abbreviation for:
- Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome, an excessive immune reaction
- Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, US seismological research institute
- Infra Red Imaging System, see IRIS-T, German air-to-air missile
- Integrated Relational Information System, network-based knowledge management, see IRIS Knowledge Management
- Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, a satellite for the exploration of the sun
- International Railway Industry Standard, set of rules of the Union of the European Railway Industry (UNIFE), see IRIS (railway standard)
- International Repair Information System, see IRIS repair code
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