2006-12-25 22:45:13 · 4 answers · asked by bojhoy 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
JOY means feelings of great happiness or pleasure, especially of an elevated or spiritual kind
2006-12-26 05:45:27 · answer #1 · answered by Grapy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Joy is an emotion of great happiness.
Joy may also refer to
People
Alfred Harrison Joy, (1882–1973) an American astronomer
Bill Joy, computer pioneer
Norman H. Joy, British coleopterist
Robert Joy, a Canadian character actor.
C. Turner Joy
Joseph Francis Joy, American inventor and founder of Joy Mining Machinery
Joy Behar, American comedienne, TV host of The View, and actress
Joy Giovanni former WWE Diva
Henry Bourne Joy, automobile businessman
Joy Williams, Christian singer
Places
Joy, Illinois, a village in Illinois, United States.
Joy, Oklahoma, a small rural community in Oklahoma
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
Music
"Joy", the final album by The Skids
Joy, a band from Austria
Joy (EP), a three-song EP by American punk band The Minutemen
joy and JOY, a single and album by Japanese singer YUKI
The fourth and final movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, also called the Ode to Joy; inspired by the poem of Schiller
"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 UK
Miscellaneous
Joy (programming language), a concatenative functional language
Joy Melbourne, a radio station in Melbourne, Australia
Joy (crater), a crater on the Moon named after Alfred Harrison Joy
Joy dishwashing liquid, a brand name of detergent products produced by Procter & Gamble
Nurse Joy, a set of similar looking characters from the fictional Pokémon franchise that operate the Pokémon Centers
2006-12-26 06:54:36 · answer #2 · answered by memo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's origin is from Latin,meaning elation, happiness.
2006-12-26 06:49:21 · answer #3 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means happiness - ecstasy- pleasure - delight - bliss and elation.
2006-12-26 06:55:39 · answer #4 · answered by k k 72 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋