Jenny

Jenny

Jenny may refer to:

;Given name (real and fictional people)
* A popular feminine given name
** "See Jenny (given name) for a list of people named Jenny
* Jenny (singer), stage name of Spanish singer Jennifer Serrano

;Media
* "Jenny" (song), song by The Click Five
* 867-5309/Jenny, song by Tommy Tutone
* "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine", song by The Killers
* "Jenny" (EP), 2003 EP by Stellastarr*
* "Jenny" (TV series), sitcom featuring Jenny McCarthy
* "Jenny" (film), 1970 TV movie starring Alan Alda and Marlo Thomas

;Other
* Jenny (donkey), term for a female donkey
* Spinning jenny, device used in the textile industry, where "jenny" is possibly a corruption of "engine"
* Jenny, Suriname, town in South America
* Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny", biplane flown during World War I and later popular for barnstorming
* Inverted Jenny, famous United States postage stamp error involving a stamp with an upside down Curtiss JN4
* The schooner Jenny, ship that was frozen in the Antarctic
* Genoa (sail), large form of jib sail
* Jenny (doll), Japanese toy
* Jenny, oldest gorilla in captivity at the time of her death at age 55

ee also

* Hans Jenny


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  • Jenny — ist ein weiblicher Vorname sowie ein Schweizer Familienname. Ursprünglich handelt es sich bei Jenny um eine englische Koseform von Jane (von Johanna); heute wird dieser Name aber vor allem mit Jennifer assoziiert. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Varianten 2 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • jenny — [ ʒeni ] n. f. • 1762; mot angl., correspondant au fr. Jeannette symbolisant la fileuse ♦ Techn. Machine à filer le coton. ⇒ mule jenny. Des jennys. ⊗ HOM. Génie. ● jenny, jennys nom féminin (anglais Jenny, Jeannette) Machine à filer le coton,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Jenny — (Ажанталь ле Ба,Франция) Категория отеля: 3 звездочный отель Адрес: 84 Rue de Hégenheim, 68220 Ажанталь …   Каталог отелей

  • jenny — [jen′ē] n. pl. jennies [< JENNY] 1. SPINNING JENNY 2. a) the female of some birds [a jenny wren] b) a female donkey …   English World dictionary

  • Jenny — Jen ny, n. [A corruption of gin an engine; influenced by Jenny, the proper name. See {Gin} an engine, and cf. {Ginny carriage}.] A machine for spinning a number of threads at once, used in factories. Also called {spinning jenny}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Jenny — fem. personal name, originally dim. of JANE (Cf. Jane) or Janet; attested from c.1600 as female equivalent of JACK (Cf. jack) (n.), and like it applied to animals (e.g. Jenny wren, 1640s) and machinery (spinning jenny, 1783) …   Etymology dictionary

  • Jenny — (Сант Агата суи Дуэ Гольфи,Италия) Категория отеля: Адрес: 80064 Сант Агата суи Дуэ Гольфи, И …   Каталог отелей

  • Jenny — Jen ny, n.; pl. {Jennies}. [1913 Webster] 1. A familiar or pet form of the proper name Jane. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) A familiar name of the European wren. [1913 Webster] {Jenny ass} (Zo[ o]l.), a female ass; also, a female of certain other… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Jenny Hu — (b. 17 November, 1945), also known as 胡燕妮, Jenny Woo or Yanni Hu, is a Hong Kong actress of Chinese and German origin best known for her leads in Shaw Brothers productions throughout the 1960s and early 1970s. She was born in Canton from a… …   Wikipedia

  • Jenny — Jenny, Jenni englische Koseform von → Jane bzw. → Johanna (Bedeutung: Gott ist gnädig); englische Kurzform von → Jennifer (Bedeutungszusammensetzung aus: »weiß« und »weich«). In Deutschland seit den 1970er Jahren populär. Bekannt durch Theodor… …   Deutsch namen

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