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Cyrene may refer to:
Antiquity
edit- Cyrene (mythology), an ancient Greek mythological figure
- Cyrene, Libya, an ancient Greek colony in North Africa (modern Libya)
- Crete and Cyrenaica, a province of the Roman Empire
- Cyrenaica, the region around the city
- Cyrenaics, an ancient Greek school of philosophy
Modern-day places
edit- Cyrene, Georgia, a community in the United States
- Cyrene, Missouri, a community in the United States
Games and TV fiction
edit- Cyrene (Xena: Warrior Princess), a fictional character in the television series Xena: Warrior Princess
- Cyrene (Creative Kingdom), a setting in the online game Entropia Universe
Ships
edit- Cyrene (steamboat), a steamboat that ran on Puget Sound and Lake Washington, 1891–1912
- HMS Cyrene, a sailing frigate of the Royal Navy, sold in 1828 at Bombay
- USS Cyrene, a 1944 United States Navy motor torpedo boat tender
Science
edit- 133 Cyrene, an asteroid
- a synonym for Nycerella, a genus of spiders
- Cyrene, a trade name for dihydrolevoglucosenone
See also
edit- Cyren (disambiguation)
- Kyrene School District, a K-8 school district in Maricopa County, Arizona