Hoy means today in Spanish.
It is also the name of a number of places, people, and things:
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Places named Hoy
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
USA
- Hoy, West Virginia
- Hoy Field baseball field, New York
Germany/Switzerland
- Hoy (Lake Constance)
People named Hoy
- Andrew Hoy (born 1959), Australian equestrian
- Bettina Hoy (born 1962), German equestrian
- Chris Hoy, Scottish track 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
- Logan Hoy, (born 1989), American politician [2]
- 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.
Music
- Hoy (Gloria Estefan Single), Second single released at Gloria Estefan 2003 "Unwrapped" Album
- "Hoy," a song by Morbo from their 2001 album Morbo
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.
References
- ^ Anderson, Joseph (Ed.) (1893) Orkneyinga Saga. Translated by Jón A. Hjaltalin & Gilbert Goudie. Edinburgh. James Thin and Mercat Press (1990 reprint). ISBN 0-901824-25-9
- ^ Stanley, Jake. "Duke Professor Munger Turning Heads In North Carolina Governor Race As Libertarian Choice." http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/10/politics/uwire/main4512960.shtml
See also
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