fen A fen is a type of peat-accumulating wetland fed by mineral-rich ground or surface water. It is one of the main types of wetland along with marshes, swamps, and bogs. Bogs and fens, both peat-forming ecosystems, are also known as mires ...

is a type of wetland. Fen, Fenn, Fens, Fenns, may also refer to:

People

* Fen (name), a Chinese given name and surname * Fen Cresswell (1915–1966), New Zealand cricketer * Fen McDonald (1891–1915), Australian rules footballer * Kees Fens (1920–2008), Dutch writer * Vitaly Fen (born ), Uzbekistani diplomat

Places

The Fens The Fens or Fenlands in eastern England are a naturally marshy region supporting a rich ecology and numerous species. Most of the fens were drained centuries ago, resulting in a flat, dry, low-lying agricultural region supported by a system o ...

, a low-lying geographical region of eastern England * The Fens (Boston, Massachusetts), a park * Fenns, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Fen Complex, Norway, an area of unusual igneous rocks * Fen Prefecture, a region of Imperial China *

Fen River The Fen River drains the center of Shanxi Province, China. It originates in the Guancen Mountains of Ningwu County in northeast Shanxi, flows southeast into the basin of Taiyuan, and then south through the central valley of Shanxi before turni ...

, in China * Fenn College, predecessor of Cleveland State University *

Fenn Tower Fenn Tower is a 22-story skyscraper in Cleveland, Ohio. It is owned by Cleveland State University. It was built for the National Town and Country Club, but was only used for one event before closing. It was originally known as the National Town a ...

, building on the campus of Cleveland State University * Fenn's Moss, part of a British nature reserve

Chinese units of measurement Chinese units of measurement, known in Chinese as the ''shìzhì'' ("market system"), are the traditional units of measurement of the Han Chinese. Although Chinese numerals have been decimal (base-10) since the Shang dynasty, Shang, several Chine ...

Fen (currency) A fen () (Cantonese: sin []), is a unit of currency used in Greater China, including the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China (Island of Taiwan, Taiwan), Hong Kong (called a Cent (currency), cent in English) and Macao (called an ' ...

, , a unit of the renminbi, the currency of China * Fen (land), , a Chinese unit of land area *

Fen (length) The fen ( zh, t=分, s=分 , p=fēn) in Mandarin, fan in Cantonese or hun in Taiwanese, is a traditional Chinese unit of length. One ''fen'' equals 1/10 of a '' cun'' or 1/100 of a '' chi''. It is 3+1⁄3 mm in China mainland, 3.71475 mm ...

, , a Chinese unit of length

Other uses

* Fen (band), a British metal band * Fen (play), a play by the British playwright Caryl Churchill * Far East Network, a network of American military radio and television stations *

Federation of European Neuroscience Societies The Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) is a European federation of scientific societies for basic scientists and physicians whose research is focused on the brain and nervous system (i.e., neuroscience). History The federatio ...

(FENS), a scholarly federation * Fen TV, a Bulgarian television channel * Fenny Stratford railway station, in England * Fernando de Noronha Airport, in Brazil * Festival of New Songs, a Slovenian music festival * Final Exit Network (FEN), an American right-to-die advocacy group * Flap endonuclease *

Forsyth–Edwards Notation Forsyth–Edwards Notation (FEN) is a standard Chess notation, notation for describing a particular board position of a chess game. The purpose of FEN is to provide all the necessary information to restart a game from a particular position. FEN i ...

(FEN) for chess positions * Fédération des Étudiants Nationalistes (FEN), a defunct French far-right students' association * Fen or three-legged turtle from Chinese mythology * FAA Enterprise Network Services (FENS) of the

Federal Aviation Administration The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is a Federal government of the United States, U.S. federal government agency within the United States Department of Transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation that regulates civil aviation in t ...

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