Winter Winter is the coldest season of the year in polar and temperate climates. It occurs after autumn and before spring. The tilt of Earth's axis causes seasons; winter occurs when a hemisphere is oriented away from the Sun. Different cultures ...

is one of the four temperate seasons. Winter may also refer to:

Places

Winter, Saskatchewan Winter is an unincorporated locality in Senlac Rural Municipality No. 411, Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located on Highway 787 & 675, 50 km northwest of Unity, the nearest town. It is 15 km North of Rutland and 35 km South of ...

, Canada * Winter, West Virginia *

Winter (town), Wisconsin Winter is a town in Sawyer County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 969 at the 2000 census. The Village of Winter is located within the town, but not a part of it. The unincorporated community of Hay Stack Corner is also located in the ...

, U.S. **

Winter, Wisconsin Winter is a village in Sawyer County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 233 at the 2010 census. The village is within the Town of Winter. History Winter was founded in 1904. It was named for W. C. Winter, a railroad official. A post of ...

, U.S., a village within the town * Winters, California, U.S. * Winters, Michigan, U.S., a former post office in Rock River Township, Michigan *

Winters, Texas Winters is a city in Runnels County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,562 at the 2010 census. Geography Winters is located at (31.958786, –99.958810). It is situated at the junction of U.S. Highway 83 and Farm Roads 53 and 1770 in ...

, U.S. * Winter (MBTA station), a station in Downtown Crossing * Winter Building, a historic building in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.

People

Alias

* Winter (programmer) (born 1972), freelance software programmer and consultant *

Winter (wrestler) Katarina Leigh Waters (born 10 November 1980) is a German-born English American professional wrestler and actress. She is best known for her time with Impact Wrestling under the ring names Katarina or Winter and for her time in WWE under the rin ...

(born 1980), Katarina Waters, German-born English professional wrestler * Winter (born 2001), Kim Min-jeong, member of South Korean girl group Aespa

Given name

* Winter (given name) * Winter Hall (1872-1947), New Zealand actor * Winter Charles Renouf (1868–1954), British philatelist *

Winter Vinecki Winter Lee Vinecki (born December 18, 1998, in Grand Rapids, Michigan) is an American marathon runner, triathlete, and aerial skier. Biography Vinecki ran a marathon in Antarctica on March 30, 2013, when she finished the Antarctica Marathon with ...

(born 1998), American marathon runner *

Winter Ave Zoli Winter Ave Zoli (born June 28, 1980) is an American actress and model. She is best known for her role as Lyla Winston in FX's TV series ''Sons of Anarchy'', Amy Snyder in '' Bosch'' (2017-2018), and for '' Deserted'' (2016). Zoli also appears ...

(born 1980), American actress and model

Surname

* Winter (surname) * Winters (name), a surname

Animals

Winter (dolphin) Winter ( – November 11, 2021) was a bottlenose dolphin at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium in Clearwater, Florida, United States, and was widely known for having a prosthetic tail. Winter was the subject of the 2009 book ''Winter's Tale'', the 2 ...

, a dolphin with a prosthetic tail, subject of the 2011 movie ''Dolphin Tale'' *

Winter (horse) Winter (foaled 15 February 2014) is an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse. She won one minor race from three starts as a two-year-old in 2016, but made considerable improvement in the following spring and won the 1000 Guineas on her fifth racecourse a ...

, a racehorse who won the 2017 1000 Guineas Stakes * Winter (llama), a Belgian llama used in antibody research

Art, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

* Winter, a character from Star Wars Expanded Universe * Winter, a planet in Ursula K. Le Guin's novel ''

The Left Hand of Darkness ''The Left Hand of Darkness'' is a science fiction novel by U.S. writer Ursula K. Le Guin. Published in 1969, it became immensely popular, and established Le Guin's status as a major author of science fiction. The novel is set in the fictiona ...

'' (1969) *

Winter (Star Wars) This is an incomplete list of characters from the ''Star Wars'' expanded universe, now rebranded ''Star Wars Legends''. The accompanying works were declared non-canon to the ''Star Wars'' franchise by Lucasfilm in 2014. This list applies ''on ...

, a character in the ''Star Wars'' universe * Winter Anderson, from '' American Horror Story: Cult'' played by Billie Lourd * Winter Santiaga, the main character in the 1999 novel ''

The Coldest Winter Ever ''The Coldest Winter Ever'' is a 1999 novel by Sister Souljah published by Simon and Schuster. The novel has a prequel and a sequel. Plot Summary The story is set in Brooklyn, New York. The main character is Winter Santiaga, the teenaged daught ...

'' by Sister Souljah * Winter Schnee, a minor character from the web series ''RWBY''

Films

* ''Winter'' (1930 film), a ''Silly Symphonies'' animated Disney short * ''Winter'' (2002 film), an Italian romance-drama film * ''Winter'' (2009 film), a Malayalam horror film * ''The Winter'' (2013 film), Greek film with

Vangelis Mourikis Vangelis Mourikis ( el, Βαγγέλης Μουρίκης) is a Greek film actor. He has appeared in more than thirty films since 1982. He studied in Australia where he did his first works. In 1990s he returned to Greece and devoted himself to ind ...

* ''El invierno'', ''

The Winter ''El Invierno'' (English: ''The Winter'') is the dramatic first film of the Argentine director Emiliano Torres, starring Alejandro Sieveking and Cristian Salguero. The worldwide premiere was on September 22, 2016, at the San Sebastián Internatio ...

'' 2016 Argentine film

Literature

* "Winter" (poem), a poem by Mehdi Akhavan-Sales * ''Winter'', a 1974 book by Morley Callaghan * ''Winter'' (Deighton novel), a 1987 novel by Len Deighton * ''Winter'' (Marsden novel), a 2000 novel by John Marsden * ''Winter'' (Meyer novel), a 2015 novel by Marissa Meyer * ''Winter'' (Smith novel), a 2017 novel by Ali Smith * '' Winter: Five Windows on the Season'', the 2011 Massey Lectures by Adam Gopnik

Music

Groups and labels

Winter (American band) Winter is an American extreme metal band from New York City. They take their name from the Amebix song of the same name. The band performed at the 2011 Roadburn Festival in the Netherlands. Members ;Line-up * John Alman - vocals, bass * Stephe ...

, a death/doom metal band * Winter, an American pop band fronted by Samira Winter *

Winter & Winter Records Winter & Winter is a record label in Munich, Germany that specializes in jazz, classical and improvised music. It was founded by Stefan Winter following the demise of his JMT Records label. Since 1997 Winter & Winter has released records by Da ...

, a record label

Albums

* ''Winter'' (Akdong Musician album), 2017 * ''Winter'' (New Model Army album), 2016 * ''Winter'' (Steeleye Span album), 2004 * ''

Winter/Reflections This is the discography of R&B and pop vocal group Boyz II Men. Boyz II Men have sold 25 million albums in the United States alone. Albums Studio albums Compilation albums Singles "—" denotes releases that did not chart Guest singles ...

'', by Boyz II Men, 2005

EPs

* ''Winter'' (Jon Foreman EP), 2008 * ''Winter'' (MBLAQ EP), 2014 * ''Winter'', by Subtle, 2002

Songs

* "Winter" (Amebix song), 1983 * "Winter" (Love and Money song), 1991 * "Winter" (Rolling Stones song), 1973 * "Winter" (Tori Amos song), 1992 * "Winter" (U2 song), 2009 * "Winter" (Unheilig song), 2010 * " Winter (Winter Rose / Duet)", by Tohoshinki, 2011 * "Winter", signature song of Iranian singer Afshin Moghaddam * "Winter", by Bayside from '' Acoustic'' * "Winter", by Benee from ''

Hey U X ''Hey U X'' is the debut studio album by New Zealand singer-songwriter Benee, released on 13 November 2020 by Republic Records. ''Hey U X'' was primarily written by Benee and frequent collaborator Josh Fountain, who also executive produced the ...

'', featuring Mallrat, 2020 * "Winter", by The Fall from '' Hex Enduction Hour'' * "Winter", by Joshua Radin from '' We Were Here'' * "Winter", by Judas Priest from ''

Rocka Rolla ''Rocka Rolla'' is the debut studio album by English heavy metal band Judas Priest, released on 6 September 1974 by Gull Records. It was produced by Rodger Bain, who had made a name for himself as the producer of Black Sabbath's first three ...

'' * "Winter", by K's Choice from '' The Great Subconscious Club'' * "Winter", by Khalid from '' American Teen'' * "Winter", by Teenage Fanclub from ''

Songs from Northern Britain ''Songs from Northern Britain'' is the sixth studio album by Scottish alternative rock band Teenage Fanclub. Produced by David Bianco (producer), David Bianco and the group themselves, the album was released on 29 July 1997 through Creation Record ...

'' * "Winter", by TV on the Radio from ''

Seeds A seed is an embryonic plant enclosed in a protective outer covering, along with a food reserve. The formation of the seed is a part of the process of reproduction in seed plants, the spermatophytes, including the gymnosperm and angiosperm pl ...

'' * "Winter" ("L'inverno"), a concerto from Vivaldi's '' The Four Seasons''

Other art, entertainment, and media

* ''Winter'' (TV series), a 2015 Australian television series that is a spin-off from telemovie ''The Killing Field'' * ''Winter'' (video game), a survival horror game for the Wii * ''Winter'' (Purvītis), a 1910 painting by Vilhelms Purvītis * ''Winter'' (statue), a sculpture cast by Jean-Antoine Houdon

Other uses

Winter (Fabergé egg) The Winter Egg is a Fabergé egg, one of a series of fifty-two jewelled Easter eggs created by Russian jeweler Peter Carl Fabergé. It was an Easter 1913 gift for Tsarina Maria Feodorovna from Tsar Nicholas II, who had a standing order of two E ...

, a jeweled Easter egg designed in 1913 * Winter, a complexion type in skin tone color matching * Winter, the brand name of a 1900s British automobile manufactured by W.W.