Con or CON may refer to:

Places

Commonwealth of Nations The Commonwealth of Nations, simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is a political association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire. The chief institutions of the organisation are the ...

, or CON, an association of primarily former British colonies *

Concord Municipal Airport Concord Municipal Airport is a public-use airport located east of the central business district of Concord, a city in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan o ...

(IATA airport code CON), a public-use airport in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States *

Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlan ...

, England, Chapman code CON

Arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Con'' (TV series), a television show about confidence trickery * ''

Con Air ''Con Air'' is a 1997 American action thriller film directed by Simon West and starring Nicolas Cage, John Cusack and John Malkovich. Written by Scott Rosenberg and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, the film centers on a prison break aboard a J ...

'', a 1997 American action crime film * '' Naruto: Clash of Ninja'', or ''CON'', a 3D cel-shaded fighting game * ''

The Chronicles of Narnia ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' is a series of seven high fantasy novels by British author C. S. Lewis. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes and originally published between 1950 and 1956, ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' has been adapted for radio, te ...

'', or ''CON'', a series of seven fantasy novels for children written by C. S. Lewis

Brands and enterprises

Consolidated Edison Consolidated Edison, Inc., commonly known as Con Edison (stylized as conEdison) or ConEd, is one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the United States, with approximately $12 billion in annual revenues as of 2017, and over $62 ...

, also called Con Edison or ConEd *

Continental Oil Conoco Inc. ( ) was an American oil and gas company that operated from 1875 until 2002, when it merged with Phillips Petroleum to form ConocoPhillips. Founded by Isaac Elder Blake in 1875 as the "Continental Oil and Transportation Company". Curre ...

Language

Con language Kiorr (Kha Kior) is a Palaungic language of Luang Namtha Province, Laos. Diffloth & Zide (1992) had listed Con as a Lametic language. However, it is treated as a dialect of Kiorr in Sidwell (2010). Kiorr could be a historical name for the S ...

* Conlang, a

constructed language A constructed language (sometimes called a conlang) is a language whose phonology, grammar, and vocabulary, instead of having developed naturally, are consciously devised for some purpose, which may include being devised for a work of fiction ...

Other uses

Con

* Con (name) *

Confidence trick A confidence trick is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their trust. Confidence tricks exploit victims using their credulity, naïveté, compassion, vanity, confidence, irresponsibility, and greed. Researchers ha ...

, also known as con, scam, or flim flam; con is also a person who perpetrates a confidence trick *

Conn (nautical) The conn, also spelled con, cun, conne, cond, conde, and cund, is the status of being in control of a ship's movements while at sea. The following quote summarizes the use of the term: "Conn" is also a verb describing the act of controlling a shi ...

, also spelled ''con'', the command of movement of a ship at sea *

Consider (MUD) This is a glossary of terms common in MUD multiplayer virtual worlds. A–Z See also * Glossary of video game terms This list includes ter ...

, the ability to evaluate an opponent in MUDs *

Contact lens Contact lenses, or simply contacts, are thin lenses placed directly on the surface of the eyes. Contact lenses are ocular prosthetic devices used by over 150 million people worldwide, and they can be worn to correct vision or for cosmetic ...

, in Hong Kong English * Contra (or against), as in the original Latin phrase ''pro et contra'' *

Convention (meeting) A convention, in the sense of a meeting, is a gathering of individuals who meet at an arranged place and time in order to discuss or engage in some common interest. The most common conventions are based upon industry, profession, and fando ...

Fan convention Fan convention (also known as con or fan meeting), a term that predates 1942, is an event in which fans of a particular topic gather to participate and hold programs and other events, and to meet experts, famous personalities, and each other. Some ...

, e.g. "Comic-Con" *

Convict A convict is "a person found guilty of a crime and sentenced by a court" or "a person serving a sentence in prison". Convicts are often also known as "prisoners" or "inmates" or by the slang term "con", while a common label for former convict ...

, as in ''con'', a person who has been convicted of a crime, or ''ex-con'', a person who has completed their prison sentence **

Convicted felon A felony is traditionally considered a crime of high seriousness, whereas a misdemeanor is regarded as less serious. The term "felony" originated from English common law (from the French medieval word "félonie") to describe an offense that resul ...

, a person who has been convicted of a felony crime in a court of law * ''Con'', a musical term meaning "with" borrowed from Italian (see

Italian musical terms used in English Many musical terms are in Italian because, in Europe, the vast majority of the most important early composers from the Renaissance to the Baroque period were Italian. That period is when numerous musical indications were used extensively for the ...

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* Certificate of Need, or CON *

Commander of the Order of the Niger Nigeria became an independent country on 1 October 1960 and in 1963 became the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The republic instituted two orders of merit: the Order of the Niger and the Order of the Federal Republic. Award The two highest honour ...

, or CON *

, county in England, Chapman code * CON, a name not allowed for folders in Microsoft Windows, see List of Easter eggs in Microsoft products#Microsoft Windows.