Chamoun, Chamun or Shamoun (
Syriac Syriac may refer to:
*Syriac language, an ancient dialect of Middle Aramaic
*Sureth, one of the modern dialects of Syriac spoken in the Nineveh Plains region
* Syriac alphabet
** Syriac (Unicode block)
** Syriac Supplement
* Neo-Aramaic languages a ...
: ܫܡܥܘܢ;
Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...
: شمعون), is an
Aramaic
The Aramaic languages, short Aramaic ( syc, ܐܪܡܝܐ, Arāmāyā; oar, 𐤀𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤀; arc, 𐡀𐡓𐡌𐡉𐡀; tmr, אֲרָמִית), are a language family containing many varieties (languages and dialects) that originated in ...
given name and family name and a variant of
Symeon and Shimun.
Notable persons with that surname include:
List of persons with the surname
Chamoun family
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Camille Chamoun
Camille Nimr Chamoun OM, ONC ( ar, كميل نمر شمعون, ''Kamīl Sham'ūn''; 3 April 1900 – 7 August 1987) was a Lebanese politician who served as President of Lebanon from 1952 to 1958. He was one of the country's main Christi ...
(1900–1987), Lebanese politician, President of Lebanon from 1952 to 1958
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Dany Chamoun
Dany Chamoun ( ar, داني شمعون; 26 August 1934 – 21 October 1990) was a prominent Lebanese politician. A Maronite Christian, the younger son of former President Camille Chamoun and brother of Dory Chamoun, Chamoun was also a polit ...
(1934–1990), Lebanese politician, son of Camille Chamoun
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Dory Chamoun (born 1931), Lebanese politician, son of Camille Chamoun
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Tracy Chamoun (born 1962), Lebanese-Australian author and political activist, daughter of Dany Chamoun
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Chaouki Chamoun (born 1942), Lebanese artist
Other persons
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Chaouki Chamoun (born 1942), Lebanese artist
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Jackie Chamoun
Jackie Chamoun (born 21 October 1991) is a Lebanese alpine skier. As the age of 14, she started participating in professional skiing events ( slalom and giant slalom) all around the world. She participated in FIS Alpine World Ski Championships ...
(born 1991), Lebanese alpine skier
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Nawfal Shamoun (born 1968), Iraqi singer of
Assyrian origin
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Sami Chamoun, Australian-born rugby league player of Lebanese origin
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Takla Chamoun (born 1966)، Lebanese Actress
List of persons with the given name
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Shamoun Hanna Haydo (before 1914–1963), Assyrian military leader
See also
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Simeon
Simeon () is a given name, from the Hebrew (Biblical ''Šimʿon'', Tiberian ''Šimʿôn''), usually transliterated as Shimon. In Greek it is written Συμεών, hence the Latinized spelling Symeon.
Meaning
The name is derived from Simeon, so ...
, also Shimun
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Shimun (disambiguation) Shimun ( Syriac alphabet: ), also transliterated as Shemʿon or Shimon is the form of Simon used in Classical Syriac and other Aramaic languages.
Mar Shimun may refer to any of the following Patriarchs of the Church of the East or Patriarchs of th ...
, also Shemon
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Simon (disambiguation)
Simon may refer to:
People
* Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon
* Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon
* Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...
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Given names
Surnames
Arabic-language surnames
Lebanese families