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Joy is an emotion of great happiness. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... “Happy” redirects here. ...

Joy may also refer to:

People

• Alfred Harrison Joy (1882–1973), American astronomer
• Bill Joy, computer pioneer
• Norman H. Joy, British coleopterist (also, his Practical Handbook of British Beetles, which is often referred to by coleopterists simply as "Joy")
• Robert Joy, Canadian character actor
• C. Turner Joy
• Joseph Francis Joy, American inventor and founder of Joy Mining Machinery
• Joy Behar, American comedian, TV host of The View, and actress
• Joy Giovanni, WWE diva
• Henry Bourne Joy, automobile businessman
• Joy Williams, Christian singer
• Joy Enriquez, American singer who had success in the early 2000's
• Joy Gresham, American writer and wife of C.S.Lewis
• Joy Grieveson, British track and field athlete
• Joy Barrow, Guyanese/African American model

Alfred Harrison Joy (1883-1973)is an astronomer best known for his work on steller distances, the radial motion of stars, and variable stars. ... Bill Joy (left) with Paul Saffo. ... Norman Humbert Joy (d. ... A Practical Handbook of British Beetles vol. ... Robert Joy (born August 17, 1951, Montréal, Québec) is a Canadian actor. ... Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy, 1951 Charles Turner Joy (17 February 1895 – 13 June 1956) was an admiral of the United States Navy during World War II and the Korean War. ... Joseph Francis Joy (September 13, 1883 - February 1957) was born in the small mining town of Cumberland, Maryland. ... Joy Behar (christened Josephina Victoria Occhiuto) was born on October 7, 1943 in Brooklyn, New York. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Henry Bourne Joy (November 23, 1864 in Detroit, Michigan - November 6, 1936) was president of the prestigious Packard Motor Car Company. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Joy Charity Enriquez (born June 6, 1979 in Whittier, California) is an American singer and actress who has appeared on the television series 7th Heaven and also starred in films such as Chasing Papi and Lady and the Tramp II: Scamps Adventure (voice). ... Joy Gresham Joy Davidman (born Helen Joy Davidman on April 18, 1915, died July 13, 1960) was a Jewish writer, a radical communist and an atheist until her conversion to Christianity in the late 1940s. ... Elizabeth (Joy) Grieveson (born October 31, 1941) is a retired track and field athlete from England, who won the silver medal in the womens 400 metres at the 1962 European Championships in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. ...

Literature

• Joy (novel), a 1990 novel by Marsha Hunt
• Joy series of erotic novels by Joy Laurey
• "Ode to Joy" ("An die Freude" in German), an ode written in 1785 by the German poet and historian Friedrich Schiller
• Surprised by Joy, an autobiographical work by C.S. Lewis

Joy (1990) is a novel by Marsha Hunt about the relationship between two African American women which is based on secrets, lies, and delusion. ... Joy is a series of semi-autobiographical erotic novels by Joy Laurey, who shares the name of the main character in the books. ... To Joy (An die Freude in German, in English often familiarly called the Ode to Joy rather than To Joy) is an ode written in 1785 by the German poet and historian Friedrich Schiller, known especially for its musical setting by Ludwig van Beethoven in the fourth and final movement... Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life is a partial autobiography published by C.S. Lewis in 1955. ... Clive Staples Lewis (November 29, 1898 – November 22, 1963), commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis, was an author and scholar. ...

Music

• The fourth and final movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, also called "Ode to Joy"; inspired by the poem of Schiller
• Joy to the World, the title of a Christmas carol and several other songs
• "Joy", the final album by The Skids
• "Joy", a band from Austria
• Joy, a three-song EP by American punk band the Minutemen
• "Joy", the first album by Japanese punk rock band The Stalin.
• joy and JOY, a single and album by Japanese singer YUKI
• "Joy", a song by Against Me! from their album Searching for a Former Clarity
• "Joy", a song by Lucinda Williams on her album Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
• "Joy", a song by VNV Nation on their album Praise the Fallen
• "Joy", a song by Mick Jagger on his album Goddess in the Doorway
• "A Joy", a song by Four Tet on his album Everything Ecstatic
• Joy Division, a band from the United Kingdom
• Joy Records, a record label
• Joy Electric, a one-man electropop/synth pop/Christian group consisting of Ronnie Martin.
• "Joy" A band from Australia in the '80s

The Symphony No. ... Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (November 10, 1759 - May 9, 1805), usually known as Friedrich Schiller, was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and dramatist. ... Joy to the World can refer to more than one song Joy to the World The popular Christmas carol written by Isaac Watts Joy to the World (Hoyt Axton) The pop song written by Hoyt Axton Joy to the World (Phelps) The adaptation of Watts lyrics by early Latter Day... This page is about carols in general; for the short story by Charles Dickens, see A Christmas Carol. ... Joy is the final album by the Scottish band The Skids. ... The Skids The Skids were an art-punk/punk rock and new wave band from Dunfermline in Scotland, founded in 1977 by Stuart Adamson (1958 - 2001, guitars / vocals / keyboards), Richard Jobson (vocals / guitar), Thomas Kellichan (drums) and William Simpson (bass guitar / vocals). ... Joy is a three-song seven-inch EP by The Minutemen. ... The Minutemen were an American rock band from San Pedro, California comprising singer/guitarist D. Boon, singer/bassist Mike Watt and drummer George Hurley. ... Joy is the first album by japanese punk group Stalin released in 1989 February 25. ... The Stalin was a Japanese punk rock band. ... Yuki Isoya ) (better known as simply, YUKI) is one of Japans most notable female vocalists. ... Against Me! is an American rock band formed in Naples, Florida, later relocated to Gainesville, Florida. ... Searching For A Former Clarity is Against Me!s third full length album, and the follow-up to the controversial As The Eternal Cowboy, an album whose sound was a marked departure from the bands former style. ... Lucinda Williams (born January 26, 1953) is an American rock, folk, and country music singer and songwriter. ... Car Wheels on a Gravel Road is the 1998 album by singer songwriter and guitarist Lucinda Williams. ... VNV Nation, is an electronic music group originally from Dublin and London, now based in Hamburg, that combines elements of trance, synthpop and electronic body music (EBM), into what they call futurepop. ... Sir Michael Phillip Mick Jagger CBE (born July 26, 1943) is an English rock musician, actor, songwriter, record and film producer and businessman. ... Goddess in the Doorway is the fourth album by Mick Jagger and was released in 2001. ... Kieran Hebden spins records in the Grog Shop in Cleveland, Ohio Four Tet is the name used by Kieran Hebden for his electronic music-oriented solo efforts to differentiate from his work with post-rock band Fridge. ... Everything Ecstatic is an album by Four Tet released May 23, 2005. ... Joy Division were an English rock band that formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. ... JOY RECORDS of New York was owned by Hal and Mariam Weiss. ... Joy Electric is a one-man electropop/synth pop group consisting of Ronnie Martin. ...

Miscellaneous

• Joy (programming language), a concatenative functional language
• Joy Melbourne, a radio station in Melbourne, Australia
• Joy (crater), a crater on the Moon
• Joy dishwashing liquid, a brand name of detergent products produced by Procter & Gamble
• Joystick, a computer game control device
• Nurse Joy, a set of similar looking characters from the fictional Pokémon franchise that operate the Pokémon Centers.

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