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Winnie could refer to:

General

  • a supposed Puma that actually appeared to be a cat
  • an agglomeration in Texas
  • a Japanese peer-to-peer program called Winny
  • a Canadian Black Bear (Winnie) resident at London Zoo in the 1920s.
  • a fictional bear, Winnie-the-Pooh named after the above.
  • Winnie , one of a pair of ex-naval 14 inch guns in a coastal battery in Field fortifications, near Dover, in British anti-invasion preparations of World War II, the other being named Pooh.
  • a girl's name - a short form of the old Saxon name Winifred (or Winnifred) that means "Peace friend". See Winne.
  • a boy's name - a short form of the name Winston - deriving from Old English wynnst?n, meaning "pleasant stone". In particular used as a nickname for Winston Churchill.


Persons

  • Winnie Tang, humanitarian.
  • Winnie Ewing, Scottish nationalist
  • Winnie Laban, New Zealand-politician
  • Winnie Leuszler, a swimmer
  • Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, wife of former South African president Nelson Mandela
  • Winnie Yu, a Cantonese radiodirector
  • Winston Churchill, British World War II Prime Minister


Television

  • Gwendolyne "Winnie" Cooper, a character played by Danica McKellar on the television show The Wonder Years.
  • Winnie , a TV-Movie starring Meredith Baxter


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Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winne
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