Winnie

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Winnie could refer to:

[edit] General

• a supposed Puma that actually appeared to be a cat
• an agglomeration in Texas
• a Japanese peer-to-peer program called Winny
• a Canadian Black Bear (Winnie) resident at London Zoo in the 1920s.
• a fictional bear, Winnie-the-Pooh named after the above.
• Winnie (coastal battery), one of a pair of ex-naval 14 inch guns in a coastal battery in Field fortifications, near Dover, in British anti-invasion preparations of World War II, the other being named Pooh.
• a girl's name - a short form of the old Saxon name Winifred (or Winnifred) that means "Peace friend". See Winne.
• a boy's name - a short form of the name Winston - deriving from Old English wynnstān, meaning "pleasant stone". In particular used as a nickname for Winston Churchill.

[edit] Persons

• Winnie Tang, humanitarian.
• Winnie Ewing, Scottish nationalist
• Winnie Laban, New Zealand-politician
• Winnie Leuszler, a swimmer
• Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, wife of former South African president Nelson Mandela
• Winnie Yu, a Cantonese radiodirector
• Winston Churchill, British World War II Prime Minister
• Wenno (Winne), the first Master of the Sword-Brothers

[edit] Television

• Gwendolyne "Winnie" Cooper, a character played by Danica McKellar on the television show The Wonder Years.
• Winnie (1988 film), a TV-Movie starring Meredith Baxter