Hoo may refer to:

People

Hoo (surname) Hoo is a surname. The most common origin for the contemporary surname is that it is an alternate spelling of Hu (surname). Notable people with the surname include: *Hoo Ah Kay (1816–1880), Singaporean businessman *Alan Hoo (born 1951), Hong Kong ...

, including a list of people with the name *

Thomas Hoo, Baron Hoo and Hastings Thomas Hoo, Baron Hoo and Hastings KG (c. 1396 – 13 February 1455) was an English courtier. William Camden called him ''vir egregius'', literally an "outstanding man". The Barony created in his name had no successors, and he had no male issu ...

(c. 1396 – 1455)

Places

Hoo, Suffolk Hoo is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. It is located north-west of the town of Wickham Market and south-west of Framlingham. The parish lies to the south of the River Deben - neighb ...

, England *

Hoo Peninsula The Hoo Peninsula is a peninsula in Kent, England, separating the estuaries of the rivers Thames and Medway. It is dominated by a line of chalk, clay and sand hills, surrounded by an extensive area of marshland composed of alluvial silt. The n ...

, in Kent, England **

Hoo St Werburgh Hoo St Werburgh, commonly known as Hoo, is a large village and civil parish in the Medway district of Kent, England. It is one of several villages on the Hoo Peninsula to bear the name ''Hoo'', a Saxon word believed to mean "spur of land" or t ...

, or simply Hoo **

Hoo Fort Hoo Fort is a nineteenth-century military installation on the River Medway in Kent, England, that formed part of the defences of Chatham Naval Dockyard. Hoo Fort, like Fort Darnet downstream, was built on the recommendations of the Royal Commis ...

Hoo Junction Hoo Junction is a rail yard on the North Kent Line, near the village of Higham, Kent and Shorne Marshes, operated by DB Schenker. It is between Gravesend and Higham stations, at the junction with the freight-only single-track Hoo branch to ...

railway station *

Hoo Stack Hoo Stack is a small island off Nesting in Shetland. It is one and a half miles from the North Isle of Gletness. It is at its highest point, and is home to a lighthouse, which was built in 1986. See also * List of lighthouses in Scotland * ...

, an island off Nesting, Shetland, Scotland * The Hoo, a house in the London Borough of Camden *The Hoo, a small hill outside

Chipping Campden Chipping Campden is a market town in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. It is notable for its terraced High Street, dating from the 14th century to the 17th century. ("Chipping" is from Old English ''cēping'', 'market', 'market- ...

, Gloucestershire *

The Hoo, Great Gaddesden The Hoo is a Grade II* listed country house in Great Gaddesden Great Gaddesden is a village and civil parish in Dacorum Hundred in Hertfordshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, north of Hemel Hempstead. The parish border ...

, a country house in Hertfordshire *

Mount Hōō is located in the western portion of Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. Because the mountain has three peaks, it is also called Hōō Sanzan (鳳凰三山). It is in Minami Alps National Park and is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains. Outline Mo ...

, in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan *

Hooton railway station Hooton railway station is situated in the south of the Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire, England. It lies on the Wirral Line north of Chester and south west of Liverpool Lime Street on the Merseyrail network, and is the junction of the branch from ...

, Cheshire, England, station code HOO

Other uses

* ''Hoo'' (film), a 2010 Indian film *

Hōō ''Fènghuáng'' (, ) are mythological birds found in Sinospheric mythology that reign over all other birds. The males were originally called ''fèng'' and the females ''huáng'', but such a distinction of gender is often no longer made and ...

, Japanese name for the fenghuang * ISO 639:hoo, the Holoholo language, a Bantu language of DR Congo *

Croatian Olympic Committee The Croatian Olympic Committee ( hr, Hrvatski olimpijski odbor (HOO)) is the non-profit organization representing Croatian athletes in the International Olympic Committee. The COC organizes Croatia's representatives at the Summer and Winter Olymp ...

, ( hr, Hrvatski olimpijski odbor (HOO))