Hoy (disambiguation)

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Hoy means today in Spanish.

It is also the name of a number of places, people, and things:

Contents 1 Places named Hoy 1.1 Scotland 1.2 USA 1.3 Germany/Switzerland 2 People named Hoy 3 Music 4 Other 5 References

[edit] Places named Hoy

[edit] Scotland

Hoy from Háey, Old Norse for 'high island' is a Scottish Island name. ^[1]

• Isle of Hoy, one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland.
  • The Old Man of Hoy, a famous stack off this island
• Hoy, Shetland in Weisdale Voe, one of the Shetland Islands, .
• Hoy Island, Isles of Gletness, off South East Mainland, Shetland

There are also:

• "Hoy High" and "Hoy Low" lighthouses on the Orkney island of Graemsay

[edit] USA

• Hoy, West Virginia
• Hoy Field baseball field, New York

[edit] Germany/Switzerland

• Hoy (Lake Constance)

[edit] People named Hoy

• Andrew Hoy (born 1959), Australian equestrian
• Bettina Hoy (born 1962), German equestrian
• Chris Hoy, Scottish Cyclist
• Col Hoy, Australian cricket umpire
• Dummy Hoy (1862 – 1961), American Baseball player
• Jane Hoy (born 1970), British Equestrian/Dressage rider and singer.
• James Hutchison Hoy (1909 - 1976), Scottish politician
• Garry Hoy, Canadian lawyer
• Henry Hoy (1855–1910) British locomotive engineer
• Marie Hoy, Australian musician
• Mick Hoy (musician), Irish musician
• Mick Hoy (footballer), Irish footballer
• Pat Hoy (born 1950), Canadian politician
• Peter Hoy (born 1966), Canadian baseball player
• Shirley Hoy, Canadian bureaucrat
• Will Hoy (born 1953), British racecar driver.

[edit] Music

• Hoy (Gloria Estefan Single), Second single released at Gloria Estefan 2003 "Unwrapped" Album
• "Hoy," a song by Morbo from their 2001 album Morbo

[edit] Other

• Hoy (boat), small sloop-rigged coasting ship or a heavy freight barge.
• Hoy (newspaper), Spanish language newspaper in several U.S. cities
• Hoy por hoy, Spanish radio program
• House of Yi, The Imperial Household of Joseon.

[edit] References