Hoy (disambiguation)

Hoy (disambiguation)

Hoy means "today" in Spanish.

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

Places named Hoy

cotland

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

*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 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.

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

ee also

*Oi (disambiguation)


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