Wren (disambiguation)
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Wrens are passerine birds in the family Troglodytidae.
Wren or Wrens may also refer to:
Other birds
New Zealand wren (Acanthisittidae)
Maluridae, the Australasian "wrens"
Acanthizidae subfamily Sericornithinae, the scrubwrens, heathwrens and fernwren
Buildings
Wren Building, the oldest academic building in the US, at the College of William & Mary, Virginia
Wren Library, the library of Trinity College in Cambridge
Wren House, a house on the grounds of Kensington Palace in London
Military
Members of the British Women's Royal Naval Service, nicknamed "Wrens"
Members of the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service, nicknamed "Wrens"
HMS Wren, two ships of the Royal Navy
USS Wren, a destroyer that served in World War II
Music
The Wrens, a band from New Jersey, US formed in the 1980s
The Wrens (R&B band), a doo-wop singing group from New York City from the 1950s
Wren (record label), Wales; see Meic Stevens
"Wren", a song by Tara VanFlower from My Little Fire-Filled Heart, 2005
Places in the United States
Wren, Alabama
Wren, Mississippi
Wren, Ohio
Wren, Oregon
Wren, Virginia
Wrens, Georgia
Radio stations
WREN (AM), a defunct station (590 AM) licensed to Carrollton, Alabama, US
WREN-LP, a low-power station (97.9 FM) licensed to Charlottesville, Virginia, US
KYYS, in Kansas City, Kansas, US, licensed as WREN from 1927 until 1999
Other uses
Wren (crater), on the planet Mercury
Wren (name), including lists of people and fictional characters with either the surname or given name
Rydalmere Cricket Club, New South Wales, Australia, nicknamed The Wrens
Wren & Martin, a series of English grammar textbooks published in India
Çalıkuşu, or The Wren, a 1922 novel by Reşat Nuri Güntekin
Wren, the protagonist of a series of fantasy novels by Sherwood Smith
Wren Society, a secret society at the College of William & Mary
English Electric Wren, a 1920s British ultralight monoplane
Wadebridge Renewable Energy Network
Wren's Super Wax Shoe Polish, a shoe polish brand existing since 1889
Wren Kitchens, a British kitchen retailer, designer and manufacturer
See also
All pages with titles containing wren
Wrens of the Curragh, nickname given to camp women and prostitutes servicing the British Army in the Curragh Camp in Co.
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