Wren (disambiguation)
Wrens are passerine birds in the mainly New World family Troglodytidae.
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Wren may also refer to:
Organisms
- Birds in Troglodytidae:
- Since the Eurasian wren is the only wren in the Old World, it is often just called 'wren'
- Birds other than Troglodytidae:
- New Zealand wren (Acanthisittidae)
- Maluridae, the Australasian "wrens"
- Acanthizidae subfamily Sericornithinae, the scrubwrens, heathwrens and fernwren
People and fictional characters
Places
- Wren, Alabama, unincorporated community in Lawrence County
- Wren, Mississippi, village
- Wren, Ohio, village
- Wren, Oregon, unincorporated community
- Wren, Virginia, unincorporated community
- Wrens, Georgia, small city
Nicknames
- Wrens, nickname given to camp women and prostitutes servicing the British Army in the Curragh Camp in Co. Kildare, Ireland in the 19th century
- Wrens, nickname of members of the British Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS)
- Wrens, nickname of members of the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service (WRCNS)
- The Wrens, a nickname for the Rydalmere Cricket Club, New South Wales, Australia
Music
- The Wrens, a band from New Jersey, USA formed in the 1980s
- The Wrens (R&B band), a doo-wop singing group from New York City from the 1950s
Radio stations
Other
- Wren Building, the oldest academic building in the USA, at the College of William & Mary, Virginia
- Wren & Martin, a series of English grammar textbooks published in India
- Wren Society, a secret society at the College of William & Mary
- HMS Wren, two ships of the Royal Navy
- English Electric Wren, a 1920s British ultralight monoplane
- Wren Day is celebrated on 26 December in Ireland
- Wadebridge Renewable Energy Network
- Wren's Super Wax Shoe Polish, a shoe polish brand existing since 1889
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