Hen commonly refers to a female animal: a female

chicken The chicken (''Gallus gallus domesticus'') is a domesticated subspecies of the red junglefowl (''Gallus gallus''), originally native to Southeast Asia. It was first domesticated around 8,000 years ago and is now one of the most common and w ...

, other gallinaceous bird, any type of bird in general, or a

lobster Lobsters are Malacostraca, malacostracans Decapoda, decapod crustaceans of the family (biology), family Nephropidae or its Synonym (taxonomy), synonym Homaridae. They have long bodies with muscular tails and live in crevices or burrows on th ...

. It is also a slang term for a

woman A woman is an adult female human. Before adulthood, a female child or Adolescence, adolescent is referred to as a girl. Typically, women are of the female sex and inherit a pair of X chromosomes, one from each parent, and women with functi ...

. Hen, HEN or Hens may also refer to:

Places

Norway

Hen, Buskerud Hen is a small village in the municipality of Ringerike (municipality), Ringerike in Buskerud, Norway. Hen is situated between Hønefoss and Hallingby in Ådal. Hen is located near the Hensfossen waterfall on the Ådal River (''Ådalselva''). Ti ...

, a village in Ringerike Municipality in Buskerud county *

Hen Church Hen Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Rauma Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Isfjorden, about east of the town of Åndalsnes. It is the church for the Hen parish which is p ...

, a church in Rauma Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county *

Hen Municipality Hen is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1902 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Rauma Municipality in the traditional district of Romsdal. The administrative centre wa ...

, a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county

United Kingdom

Hazel Brook The Hazel Brook, also known as the Hen, is a tributary of the River Trym in Bristol, England. It rises at Cribbs Causeway in South Gloucestershire. From there, its course takes it south, passing the western end of Filton Aerodrome on its lef ...

or Hen, a stream in Bristol, England * Hen Cliff, on the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England *HEN, station code for

Hendon railway station Hendon railway station is a National Rail station on the Midland Main Line in England, in West Hendon in the London Borough of Barnet, north London. It is down the line from and is situated between to the south and to the north. Its th ...

, England

Worldwide

Hen Island (disambiguation) Hen Island may refer to: * Hen Island (Connecticut) * Hen Island (Maryland) * Hen Island (Ontario) * Hen Island (Tasmania) * Hen Island, County Down, a townland in County Down, Northern Ireland * Hen Island, Taranga Island, one of the Hen and ...

Hen and Chicken Islands The Hen and Chicken Islands, usually known as the Hen and Chickens, lie to the east of the North Auckland Peninsula off the coast of northern New Zealand. They lie east of Bream Head and south-east of Whangārei with a total area of . H ...

, New Zealand *

Henan Henan; alternatively Honan is a province in Central China. Henan is home to many heritage sites, including Yinxu, the ruins of the final capital of the Shang dynasty () and the Shaolin Temple. Four of the historical capitals of China, Lu ...

, a province of China (Guobiao abbreviation HEN)

People

Hen (name) Hen is a surname, a masculine given name, and a diminutive of the names Henry, Hendrick, Hennie, Hendrie, Henrique, Henrick, Henriette, and Henrietta. Notable people with the name Hen or Hens include: Surnames: *Coel Hen, Semi-legendary king of Sub ...

, a given name and surname *

Hen (pronoun) () is a gender-neutral personal pronoun in Swedish intended as an alternative to the gender-specific ("she") and ("he"). It can be used when the gender of a person is not known or when it is not desirable to specify them as either a "she" or ...

, a Swedish gender-neutral pronoun * Hen., an abbreviation of the given name

Henry Henry may refer to: People and fictional characters * Henry (given name), including lists of people and fictional characters * Henry (surname) * Henry, a stage name of François-Louis Henry (1786–1855), French baritone Arts and entertainmen ...

Other

Symphony No. 83 (Haydn) Symphony No. 83 in G minor, Hoboken I/83, is the second of the six Paris Symphonies (numbers 82–87) written by Joseph Haydn in 1785. It was published by Artaria in Vienna in December 1787. It is popularly known as The Hen (). Nickname (the Hen ...