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Hoo is used in placenames in the east of England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

to indicate coastal peninsula

Peninsula

A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland. In many Germanic and Celtic languages and also in Baltic, Slavic and Hungarian, peninsulas are called "half-islands"....

s and promontories. It appears in:

Fort Hoo
Fort Hoo
Fort Hoo, like Fort Darnet was built on the recommendations of the 1859 Royal Commission on an island covering the inner navigable channel of the River Medway, Kent.-History:...

, a fort on an island in the River Medway, Kent
Hoo St Werburgh
Hoo St Werburgh
Hoo St Werburgh is one of several villages on the Hoo Peninsula in Kent, England, to bear the name Hoo. It constitutes a civil parish in the borough of Medway, with a population of 7,356 at the 2001 census.- History :...

and Cliffe-at-Hoo on the Hoo Peninsula
Hoo Peninsula
The Hoo Peninsula is a peninsula in England separating the estuaries of the rivers Thames and Medway. It is dominated by a line of sand and clay hills, surrounded by an extensive area of marshland composed of alluvial silt. The name Hoo is the Old English word for spur of land.-History:The Romans...

in Kent
Hoo, Suffolk
Hoo, Suffolk
Hoo is a village and a civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district, in the county of Suffolk, England. Nearby settlements include the town of Wickham Market and the villages of Kettleburgh, Charsfield and Letheringham.- References :...
Hundred of Hoo School
Hundred of Hoo School
The Hundred of Hoo School is a comprehensive secondary school located in the Hoo Peninsula, in the village of Hoo in Kent, England.The school provides standard secondary education as well as offering advanced media facilities. The complex also includes a nursery, a conference centre and sports...

, a secondary school in Rochester, Kent
Hundred of Hoo Railway
Hundred of Hoo Railway
The Hundred of Hoo Railway is a railway line in Kent, England, following the North Kent Line from Gravesend before diverging at Hoo Junction near Shorne Marshes and continuing in an easterly direction across the Hoo Peninsula, passing near the villages of Cooling, High Halstow, Cliffe and Stoke...

, a railway line on the Hoo peninsula in Kent
Luton Hoo
Luton Hoo
Luton Hoo straddles the Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire borders between the towns of Harpenden and Luton. The unusual name "Hoo" is a Saxon word meaning the spur of a hill, and is more commonly associated with East Anglia.- Early History :...

, a country house in Bedfordshire, England
St Mary Hoo
St Mary Hoo
St Mary Hoo is a village and civil parish in Kent, England. It is on the Hoo Peninsula in the borough of Medway. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 244.The first appearance of the name is in 1240...

, a village and civil parish in Kent, England
Hoo Peninsula
Hoo Peninsula
The Hoo Peninsula is a peninsula in England separating the estuaries of the rivers Thames and Medway. It is dominated by a line of sand and clay hills, surrounded by an extensive area of marshland composed of alluvial silt. The name Hoo is the Old English word for spur of land.-History:The Romans...

, north Kent, England
Sutton Hoo
Sutton Hoo
Sutton Hoo, near to Woodbridge, in the English county of Suffolk, is the site of two 6th and early 7th century cemeteries. One contained an undisturbed ship burial including a wealth of Anglo-Saxon artefacts of outstanding art-historical and archaeological significance, now held in the British...

, an Anglo-Saxon cemetery, Suffolk
Wan-Hoo, a lunar crater on the Moon's far side

Hoo is also used as a surname:

Kho Ping Hoo
Kho Ping Hoo
Kho Ping Hoo or Asmaraman Sukowati Kho Ping Hoo is an Indonesian author of Chinese ethnicity. He is well-known in Indonesia for his martial art fiction set in the background of China or Java. During his 30 years career, at least 120 stories has been published...

(1926–1994), Indonesian author of Chinese descent
Sim Wong Hoo
Sim Wong Hoo
Sim Wong Hoo is the CEO and Chairman of Creative Technology, a designer and manufacturer of products for personal computers and personal digital entertainment devices.-Early life and career:...

(born 1955), CEO and Chairman of Creative Technology
Thomas Hoo, Baron Hoo and Hastings (ca 1396–1455), member of the ancient "Hoo" or "de Hoo" family of England
Brandon Soo Hoo
Brandon Soo Hoo
Brandon Soo Hoo is an American teen actor who had a role in the 2008 Ben Stiller film Tropic Thunder.-Life and career:...

(born 1995), American teen actor who had a role in the 2008 Ben Stiller film Tropic Thunder

Hoo may also refer to:

Hoo (film), an Indian film
Fenghuang
Fenghuang
Fenghuang are mythological birds of East Asia that reign over all other birds. The males are called Feng and the females Huang. In modern times, however, such a distinction of gender is often no longer made and the Feng and Huang are blurred into a single feminine entity so that the bird can be...

, called Hōō in Japanese

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