Wen
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Wen, wen, or WEN may refer to:
  • WEN, New York Stock Exchange symbol for Wendy's/Arby's Group
    Wendy's/Arby's Group
    Wendy's Company is a holding company for the major fast food chain, Wendy's. Its headquarters are in Sandy Springs, Georgia. The company formerly was known as Deisel-Wemmer Co. , Deisel-Wemmer-Gilbert Corporation , DWG Cigar Corporation , DWG Corporation , Triarc Companies, Inc. and...

  • WEN, station code for Columbia Station (Wenatchee)
    Columbia Station (Wenatchee)
    Columbia Station is an intermodal facility that serves as the station stop for the Amtrak Empire Builder in Wenatchee, Washington, USA. The station and parking are owned by LINK Transit, the regional transit agency. The track and platforms are owned by BNSF Railway...

  • Wen (surname)
    Wen (surname)
    Wen is the Pinyin romanization shared by several different Chinese surnames, including 文 , 温 , 闻 , and 问 .-文 :*Wen Zhong , advisor in the state of Yue*Wen Chou Wen is the Pinyin romanization shared by several different Chinese surnames, including 文 (Wén), 温 (Wēn), 闻 (Wén), and 问 (Wèn).-文...

    , pinyin romanization of several Chinese surnames
    • Wen Jiabao
      Wen Jiabao
      Wen Jiabao is the sixth and current Premier and Party secretary of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, serving as China's head of government and leading its cabinet. In his capacity as Premier, Wen is regarded as the leading figure behind China's economic policy...

       (b. 1942), Chinese premier beginning in 2003
  • Wen, alternate spelling for Wynn
    Wynn
    Wynn is a letter of the Old English alphabet, where it is used to represent the sound ....

     (Ƿ ƿ), a letter of the Old English alphabet
  • Wen, common name for trichilemmal cyst
    Trichilemmal cyst
    A trichilemmal cyst, also known as a wen, pilar cyst or isthmus-catagen cyst, is a common cyst that forms from a hair follicle. They are most often found on the scalp. The cysts are smooth, mobile and filled with keratin, a protein component found in hair, nails, and skin. They may or may not be...

     or pilar cyst
    • Wen, sebaceous cyst
      Sebaceous cyst
      A sebaceous cyst is a term that loosely refers to either epidermoid cysts or pilar cysts . Because an epidermoid cyst originates in the epidermis and a pilar cyst originates from hair follicles, by definition, neither type of cyst is strictly a sebaceous cyst...

      , a form of trichilemmal cyst
  • Wen, alternate name for lipoma
    Lipoma
    A lipoma is a benign tumor composed of adipose tissue. It is the most common form of soft tissue tumor. Lipomas are soft to the touch, usually movable, and are generally painless. Many lipomas are small but can enlarge to sizes greater than six centimeters. Lipomas are commonly found in adults...

    , a benign tumor composed of adipose tissue
  • wen, the ISO 639-2 code for the Sorbian languages
    Sorbian languages
    The Sorbian languages are classified under the Slavic branch of the Indo-European languages. They are the native languages of the Sorbs, a Slavic minority in the Lusatia region of eastern Germany. Historically the language has also been known as Wendish or Lusatian. Their collective ISO 639-2 code...

    , also known as Wendish languages

See also

  • The Great Wen
    The Great Wen
    The Great Wen is a disparaging nickname for London. The term was coined in the 1820s by William Cobbett, the radical pamphleteer and champion of rural England. Cobbett saw the rapidly growing city as a pathological swelling on the face of the nation...

    , a derogatory nickname for London
  • 文 (disambiguation) (Wén)
  • Wen County (disambiguation)
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