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Places

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County Donegal County Donegal ( ; ga, Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster and in the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Donegal in the south of the county. It has also been known as County Tyrconn ...
, Ireland, Chapman code DON * Don (river), a river in European Russia * Don River (disambiguation), several other rivers with the name *
Don, Benin Don is a town in Benin, Africa. Nearest large airports are Cotonou Cadjehoun in Cotonou and Lomé-Tokoin in Lomé, Togo Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered b ...
, a town in Benin * Don, Dang, a village and hill station in Dang district, Gujarat, India *
Don, Nord Don () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. See also *Communes of the Nord department The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic. The communes cooperate in the following int ...
, a ''commune'' of the Nord ''département'' in northern France *
Don, Tasmania Don (sometimes known as the Don) is a small village, located just outside Devonport Tasmania, situated on the Don River. It is home to the Don River Railway and the Don Village Market. Don also has a Presbyterian church. The local Don Hall was ...
, a small village on the Don River, located just outside Devonport, Tasmania *
Don, Trentino Don (german: Thann or ''Daun'') is a former ''comune'' in Trentino in north Italy. On 1 January 2016 it was merged with the neighboring ''comune'' of Amblar to form the new ''comune'' of Amblar-Don, of which it is now a ''frazione A ''frazione' ...
, a commune in Trentino, Italy * Don, West Virginia, a community in the United States *
Don Republic __NOTOC__ The Don Republic (russian: Донская Республика, later known as the Almighty Don Host, or russian: Всевеликое Войско Донское, ''Vsevelikoye Voysko Donskoye'') was an independent self-proclaimed anti- ...
, a temporary state in 1918–1920 *
Don Jail The Don Jail was a jail in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located to the east of the Don River, on Gerrard Street East in the Riverdale neighbourhood. The original building was completed in 1864 and was reopened in 2013 to serve as the administrative ...
, a jail in Toronto, Canada


People


Role or title

* Don (honorific), a Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian title, given as a mark of respect *Don, a crime boss, especially in the Mafia , ''Don Konisshi'' (コニッシー) *Don, a
resident assistant A resident assistant (RA), also known by a variety of other names, is a trained peer leader who coordinates activities in residence halls in colleges and universities, mental health and substance abuse residential facilities, or similar establishm ...
at universities in Canada and the U.S. *
University don A don is a fellow or tutor of a college or university, especially traditional collegiate universities such as Oxford and Cambridge in England and Trinity College Dublin in Ireland. The usage is also found in Canada. Like the term don used for Ro ...
, in British and Irish universities, especially at Oxford, Cambridge, St Andrews and Dublin, a fellow or tutor of a college


People with the name

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Don (given name) Don is a masculine given name in the Irish language and a short form of another masculine given name in the English language. The Irish name is derived from the Irish ''donn''; the name can either mean " brown", or "chief", "noble". The Irish ...
, a short form of the masculine given name Donald in Scots and English *
George Don George Don (29 April 1798 – 25 February 1856) was a Scottish botanist and plant collector. Life and career George Don was born at Doo Hillock, Forfar, Angus, Scotland on 29 April 1798 to Caroline Clementina Stuart and George Don (b.1756), p ...
, Scottish botanist (1798–1856), abbreviated as G.Don


Art and entertainment


Fictional entities

* Don (character), the main character of the ''Don'' franchise, a gangster * Don Wada, one of the main protagonists of the ''Taiko no Tatsujin'' series *Don Dogoier, Is A Main Character in Japanese Series ''
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger is Toei Company's 35th entry in its long-running Super Sentai metaseries of Japanese tokusatsu television series following ''Tensou Sentai Goseiger''. It follows a Pirate motif and premiered on TV Asahi on February 13, 2011, joining ''Kamen Ride ...
''


Films

* ''Don'' (2006 Dutch film) * ''Don'' (2007 film), a Telugu film starring Akkineni Nagarjuna and Anushka **'' Don Number One'', a Bengali 2012 film remake of the 2007 film * Don (franchise), an Indian gangster film franchise * ''Don'' (1978 film), a blockbuster Hindi film ** ''Don'' (2006 Hindi film), a Bollywood remake of the 1978 film **'' Don 2'', the sequel to the 2006 film * ''Don'' (2022 film), a Tamil film


Television

* ''Don'' (TV series), a 2007 Indian reality TV series *"Don", an episode in '' Regular Show''


Other uses in art and entertainment

*"Don", a song by Miranda! from their 2004 album ''Sin Restricciones'' *'' Battle Stadium D.O.N'', a video game


Military and defense

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Department of the Navy Navy Department or Department of the Navy may refer to: * United States Department of the Navy, * Navy Department (Ministry of Defence), in the United Kingdom, 1964-1997 * Confederate States Department of the Navy, 1861-1865 * Department of the ...
(or DON), a part of the United States Department of Defense *
Don-2N radar The Don-2N radar (, NATO: Pill Box) is a large missile defense and early warning active electronically scanned array radar outside Moscow, and a key part of the Russian A-135 anti-ballistic missile system designed for the defense of the capital ...
, Russian anti-ballistic missile radar * ''Don''-class submarine tender, Soviet-era class of submarine tenders *
Orlets-1 Orlets-1 or Don (GRAU index 17F12) is a Russian (previously Soviet) reconnaissance satellite.NSSDC Master CatalogCosmos 2290/ref>Gunter's Space Page/ref> Orlets-1 was made after it was concluded that the Yantar-2K satellite was not capable of provi ...
(or DON), a reconnaissance satellite


Science


Chemistry

*Dissolved Organic
Nitrogen Nitrogen is the chemical element with the symbol N and atomic number 7. Nitrogen is a nonmetal and the lightest member of group 15 of the periodic table, often called the pnictogens. It is a common element in the universe, estimated at se ...
, or DON * 2,5-Dimethoxy-4-nitroamphetamine, a recreational drug * 6-Diazo-5-oxo-L-norleucine, an enzyme inhibitor * Deoxynivalenol, a mycotoxin


Biology

*"-don" a suffix in the scientific names of many animals, meaning "tooth" *
Dysbaric osteonecrosis Dysbaric osteonecrosis or DON is a form of avascular necrosis where there is death of a portion of the bone that is thought to be caused by nitrogen embolism (blockage of the blood vessels by a bubble of nitrogen coming out of solution) in divers. ...
, death of a portion of bone


Other uses

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Dôn Dôn () is an ancestor figure in Welsh legend and literature. She is typically given as the mother of a group known as the "Children of Dôn", including Gwydion, Arianrhod, and Gilfaethwy, among many others. However, antiquarians of the early mod ...
, a mother goddess in Welsh mythology * don (unit), a Korean unit of weight * Donburi, or don, a Japanese rice bowl dish * Russian Don, a horse breed * Tropical Storm Don (2011) * Director of nursing (long term care facility) * Director of nursing (other uses)


See also

* Don Bridge (disambiguation) * * * Dom (disambiguation) * Dons (disambiguation) *
Donald (disambiguation) Donald is a given name and the name of several Irish and Scottish noblemen. Donald may also refer to: Places * Donald, Georgia, a small town in the United States * Donald, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in the United States * Donald, Vi ...
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