Hen commonly refers to a female animal: a female

chicken The chicken (''Gallus gallus domesticus'') is a domesticated junglefowl species, with attributes of wild species such as the grey and the Ceylon junglefowl that are originally from Southeastern Asia. Rooster or cock is a term for an adult m ...

, other gallinaceous bird, any type of bird in general, or a

lobster Lobsters are a family (biology), family (Nephropidae, Synonym (taxonomy), synonym Homaridae) of marine crustaceans. They have long bodies with muscular tails and live in crevices or burrows on the sea floor. Three of their five pairs of legs ...

. It is also a slang term for a

woman A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adulthood, a female human is referred to as a girl (a female child or adolescent). The plural ''women'' is sometimes used in certain phrases such as "women's rights" to denote female humans regardl ...

. Hen or Hens may also refer to:

Places

Norway

* Hen, Buskerud, a village in Ringerike municipality *

Hen, Møre og Romsdal Hen is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1902 until its dissolution in 1964. Hen encompassed the valleys extending to the south and east of the Isfjorden in the northeastern part of the pres ...

, a former municipality now in Rauma municipality **

Hen Church Hen commonly refers to a female animal: a female chicken, other galliformes, gallinaceous bird, any type of bird in general, or a lobster. It is also a slang term for a woman. Hen or Hens may also refer to: Places Norway *Hen, Buskerud, a villa ...

United Kingdom

Hazel Brook The Hazel Brook, also known as the Hen, is a tributary of the River Trym in Bristol, England. It rises at Cribbs Causeway in South Gloucestershire. From there, its course takes it south, passing the western end of Filton Aerodrome on its left ...

or Hen, a stream in Bristol, England * Hen Cliff, on the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England *HEN, station code for Hendon railway station, England

Worldwide

Hen Island (disambiguation) Hen Island may refer to: * Hen Island (Connecticut) * Hen Island (Maryland) * Hen Island (Ontario) * Hen Island (Tasmania) * Hen Island, County Down, a townland in County Down, Northern Ireland * Hen Island, Taranga Island, one of the Hen and ...

* Hen and Chicken Islands, New Zealand *

Henan Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is al ...

, a province of China (Guobiao abbreviation HEN)

People

Hen (name) Henry is both a surname and a masculine given name. Notable people with the name Hen or Hens include: Surnames: *Coel Hen, Semi-legendary king of Sub-Roman Britain *Gwilym ab Ieuan Hen (''fl.'' c. 1440-1480), Welsh poet * Jorge Peña Hen (1928-1973 ...

, a given name and surname * Hen (pronoun), a Swedish gender-neutral pronoun * Hen., an abbreviation of the given name Henry

Other

Symphony No. 83 (Haydn) Symphony No. 83 in G minor, Hoboken I/83, is the second of the six Paris Symphonies (numbers 82–87) written by Joseph Haydn in 1785. It was published by Artaria in Vienna in December 1787. It is popularly known as The Hen (french: La poule). Ni ...

, nicknamed "The Hen" * ''Hen'' (manga), a 1988 manga created by Hiroya Oku * HEN, UCI team code for * HEN, abbreviation for