fen
A fen is a type of peat-accumulating wetland fed by mineral-rich ground or surface water. It is one of the main types of wetlands along with marshes, swamps, and bogs. Bogs and fens, both peat-forming ecosystems, are also known as mires. T ...
is a type of wetland.
Fen, Fenn, Fens, Fenns, may also refer to:
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Fen (name) Fen may be either a Chinese female given name or family name. As a given name, it is represented in simplified Chinese as 芬 (pinyin: Fēn).
Fen may also be a surname in countries other than China, such as Uzbekistan where it is represented in Cy ...
, a Chinese given name and surname
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Fen Cresswell
George Fenwick Cresswell (22 March 1915 – 10 January 1966) was a cricketer who played three Tests for New Zealand. Born in Wanganui, he was the older brother of Arthur Cresswell. He was the 50th Test cap for New Zealand.
Cricket career
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(1915–1966), New Zealand cricketer
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Fen McDonald
Fenley John "Fen" McDonald (25 May 1891 – 25 April 1915) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
He was a member of the First AIF, and was killed in action during the ...
(1891–1915), Australian rules footballer
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Kees Fens
Kees Fens (18 October 1929 in Amsterdam – 14 June 2008) was a Dutch writer, essayist and literary critic.Vitaly Fen (born ), Uzbekistani diplomat
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The Fens
The Fens, also known as the , in eastern England are a naturally marshy region supporting a rich ecology and numerous species. Most of the fens were drained centuries ago, resulting in a flat, dry, low-lying agricultural region supported by a ...
, a low-lying geographical region of eastern England
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The Fens (Boston, Massachusetts)
The Back Bay Fens, often called The Fens, is a parkland and urban wild in Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States. It was established in 1879. Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted to serve as a link in the Emerald Necklace park system, the Fens ...
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Fenns, Indiana
Fenns is an unincorporated community in Shelby Township, Shelby County, Indiana, Shelby Township, Shelby County, Indiana, Shelby County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
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Fenns once was a station and shipping point on the Pennsylvania Railroad ...
, an unincorporated community
* Fen Complex, Norway, an area of unusual igneous rocks
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Fen Prefecture Fenzhou or Fen Prefecture (汾州) was a '' zhou'' (prefecture) in imperial China centering on modern Fenyang, Shanxi, China. It existed (intermittently) from 488 to 1912. During the Ming dynasty and Qing dynasty
The Qing dynasty ( ), of ...
, a region of Imperial China
* Fen River, in China
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Fenn College
Fenn typically appears as a surname. Occasionally it appears as a middle name, pen name or name of a fictional character.
Notable people with the name Fenn
As a surname
*Courtenay Hughes Fenn (1866–1927), American-Chinese Presbyteria ...
, predecessor of Cleveland State University
* Fenn Tower, building on the campus of Cleveland State University
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Fenn's Moss
Fenn's, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses National Nature Reserve is a national nature reserve (NNR) which straddles the border between England and Wales, near Whixall and Ellesmere in Shropshire, England and Bettisfield in Wrexham County Borough, ...
, part of a British nature reserve
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Fen (band)
Fen is a British post-black metal band formed in 2006 from the Fens of East Anglia signed to the label Code666. Their Myspace page reports that they "draw the listener into a windswept and desolate landscape, bereft of hope". In 2006 they rec ...
, a British metal band
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Fen (currency)
A fen () (Cantonese: sin []), is a unit of currency used in Greater China, including the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China (Island of Taiwan, Taiwan), Hong Kong (called a Cent (currency), cent in English) and Macao (called an ''av ...
, a unit of the renminbi, the currency of China
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Fen (play)
''Fen'' is a 1983 play by Caryl Churchill. While not as well known as Churchill works like ''Cloud 9'' (1979) and ''Top Girls'' (1982), it has been praised by many critics.
Reception
After viewing the Joint Stock Theatre Group performance at ...
Fen TV
Fen TV ( bg, Фен ТВ) is a Bulgarian music television
Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of televis ...
Fernando de Noronha Airport
Gov. Carlos Wilson Airport is the airport serving the island of Fernando de Noronha, Brazil. It is the easternmost airport of Brazil and the only facility located in the Brazilian oceanic islands.
It is operated by Dix Empreendimentos.
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, in Brazil
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Festival of New Songs
Festival of New Songs ( sl, Festival novih skladb, FENS; previously ) is a festival of new and as yet nonaffirmed musicians from Slovenia and abroad. It is the only festival in Slovenia where not only adults but children and teenagers compete too. ...
, a Slovenian music festival
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Flap endonuclease Flap endonucleases (FENs, also known as 5' durgs in older references) are a class of nucleolytic enzymes that act as both 5'-3' exonucleases and structure-specific endonucleases on specialised DNA structures that occur during the biological proc ...
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Forsyth–Edwards Notation
Forsyth–Edwards Notation (FEN) is a standard notation for describing a particular board position of a chess game. The purpose of FEN is to provide all the necessary information to restart a game from a particular position.
FEN is based on a sys ...