Colon commonly refers to:

  • Colon (punctuation) (:), a punctuation mark
  • Colon (anatomy), a major part of the large intestine
  • Common inaccurate term for the entire large intestine

Colon may also refer to:

Places

  • Colon, Michigan, US
  • Colon, Nebraska, US
  • Colon, North Carolina, US
  • Colon Township, Michigan, US
  • Kowloon, Hong Kong, spelled "Colon" in older books
  • Colón Department (Honduras), department of Honduras
  • Colón, Panama in:
  • Colón Province, Panama
  • Colón, Putumayo in Colombia
  • Colón, Cuba in Cuba
  • Colón, Venezuela in Venezuela
  • Colon Street, Cebu City, Philippines

People and fictional characters

  • Colon (singer), Japanese singer
  • Colón (surname)
  • Colons, another term for Pieds-Noirs (European settlers in French Algeria)
  • Augie Colon (1927–2004), American musician
  • Chris Colon, American musician and member of Beatles tributes The Fab Four and 1964 the Tribute
  • Delfin Colon (born 1969), American baseball umpire
  • Evelyn Colon (1961–1976), formerly unidentified American murder victim
  • Filiberto Colon (born 1964), Puerto Rican Olympic swimmer
  • Fred Colon, a fictional character in the Discworld universe
  • Gilles Colon (born 1981), Haitian Canadian football player
  • Gisela Colon (born 1966), American artist
  • Harry Colon (born 1969), American football player
  • Jacques Colon (born 1944), Belgian Olympic sports shooter
  • Javier Colon (born 1978), American singer-songwriter
  • Johnny Colon, American salsa musician
  • José Antonio Colon (born 1948), Puerto Rican Olympic boxer
  • José María Colon (born 1947), Spanish Olympic canoer
  • Luis Diaz Colon (born 1952), Puerto Rican politician, mayor of Yabucoa 1993–1997
  • Tai Verdes, stage name of American singer-songwriter Tyler Colon (born 1995)
  • Trystan Colon (born 1998), American football player
  • Victor Colon (born 1972), Puerto Rican Olympic gymnast
  • Willie Colon (American football) (born 1983), American football player

Other uses

  • Colon (letter), a colon-like character used as an alphabetic letter
  • Colon (rhetoric), a clause which is grammatically, but not logically, complete
  • Colon (CONFIG.SYS directive), usage of :label in DR DOS configuration files
  • Colon (beetle), a genus of beetles in the family Leiodidae
  • Colon (grape), a French wine grape
  • Colon classification, a library classification system
  • Costa Rican colón, currency of Costa Rica

See also

  • Colón (disambiguation)
  • Cologne (disambiguation)
  • Colonus (person) (in Ancient Rome)
  • Columbus (disambiguation)
  • Column (disambiguation)
  • Isocolon
  • Kolon (disambiguation)
  • Koron (disambiguation)
  • The Colóns (disambiguation)

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