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Jones (surname) Jones is a surname of English and Welsh origin meaning "son of John". The surname is common in Wales. It evolved into variations of traditionally Welsh names: Ieuan, Iowan, Ioan, Iwan, or even Siôn (note how the letter 'J' was originally bein ...
, a common Welsh and English surname *
List of people with surname Jones '' Jones'' is a surname common in the English-speaking world. This list provides links to biographies of people who share this common surname. Arts and entertainment Architecture * Inigo Jones (1573–1652), English architect of Welsh descent * G ...
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Jones (singer) Cherie Jones (also known by her stage name JONES) is a British-based alternative pop singer and songwriter. She came into the music scene in 2015, with her debut extended play, entitled ''Indulge'', and was so called after her debut single of th ...
, a British singer-songwriter


Arts and entertainment

* Jones (''Animal Farm''), a human character in George Orwell's novel ''Animal Farm'' * "Jones" (''Law & Order: Criminal Intent''), an episode of the TV series *
Jones! Jones! is an entertainment channel on New Zealand's Sky Television on Channel 8 that shows classic back catalogue of US and UK programming. The US content is sourced from the CBS Studios International catalogue as part of the exclusive contr ...
, a New Zealand television channel *"Jones", a song from the album '' Certain Things Are Likely'' by Kissing the Pink


Organisations

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Jones Bootmaker Jones Bootmaker is a footwear retailer based in the United Kingdom, with forty-two retail outlets throughout the United Kingdom. History In 1857, Alfred and Emma Jones opened a footwear shop in Bayswater, London. Jones was a pioneer in the i ...
, a UK-based footwear retailer *
Jones Soda Jones Soda Co. is a beverage company based in Seattle, Washington, United States. It bottles and distributes soft drinks, non-carbonated beverages, energy drinks, and candy. History The 1990s The company was founded by Peter Van Stolk in 1995 ...
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Jones Sewing Machine Company The Jones Sewing Machine Company was a British manufacturer of sewing machines founded in 1860 by William Jones and Thomas Chadwick under the name Chadwick and Jones that later become known as the Jones Sewing Machine Company. History William J ...
, a British manufacturer acquired by Brother Industries * L&F Jones, a British retail and hotel company


Places

* Jones, Ontario, Canada * Jones, Isabela, Philippines


United States

* Jones, Alabama * Jones, Illinois *
Jones, Kentucky Jones is an unincorporated community located in Perry County, Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It bor ...
* Jones, Michigan *
Jones, Oklahoma Jones is a town in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. It is named after Charles G. Jones, a three-time mayor of Oklahoma City. The population was 2,692 at the time of the 2010 census. History Early history Jones was plotted as a townsite on April 22, ...
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Jones, West Virginia Jones is an unincorporated community in Barbour County, West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers ...
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Jones Township (disambiguation) Jones Township may refer to the following townships in the United States: * Jones Township, Elk County, Pennsylvania * Jones Township, Beltrami County, Minnesota See also * Madawaska Valley, Ontario, amalgamation of Sherwood, Jones and Bu ...


Science and technology

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Jones (Martian crater) Jones may refer to: People *Jones (surname), a common Welsh and English surname * List of people with surname Jones * Jones (singer), a British singer-songwriter Arts and entertainment * Jones (''Animal Farm''), a human character in George Orwel ...
, an impact crater on Mars *
Jones (unit) Specific detectivity, or ''D*'', for a photodetector is a figure of merit used to characterize performance, equal to the reciprocal of noise-equivalent power (NEP), normalized per square root of the sensor's area and frequency bandwidth (reciproca ...
, a measure of specific detectivity *
Jones calculus In optics, polarized light can be described using the Jones calculus, discovered by R. C. Jones in 1941. Polarized light is represented by a Jones vector, and linear optical elements are represented by ''Jones matrices''. When light crosses an op ...
, a description of polarization in optics


See also

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Jones (slang) __NOTOC__ Great Jones Street is a street in New York City's NoHo district in Manhattan, essentially another name for 3rd Street between Broadway and the Bowery. The street was named for Samuel Jones, a lawyer who became known as "The Fathe ...
, an intense craving *
Jones of Faerdref Uchaf The Jones of Faerdref Uchaf family is a Welsh gentry family from the parish of Llandrillo-yn-Edeirnion, Merionethshire. They are a cadet branch of the Hughes of Gwerclas family, descending from the younger brother of the 7th Baron of Kymmer ...
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Generation Jones Generation Jones is the social cohort of the latter half of the Baby boomer generation to the first years of Generation X. The term Generation Jones was first coined by the American cultural commentator Jonathan Pontell, who identified the coh ...
, the generation of people born between 1954 and 1965 *
Justice Jones (disambiguation) Justice Jones may refer to: * Benjamin R. Jones (1906–1980), justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court * Burr W. Jones (1846–1935), associate justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court * Charles Alvin Jones (1887–1966), chief justice of the Sup ...
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Keeping up with the Joneses (disambiguation) "Keeping up with the Joneses Keeping is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Charles Keeping (1924–1988), British illustrator, children's book author and lithographer * Damien Keeping (born 1982), Australian rules football coa ...
* {{Disambiguation, geo Human name disambiguation pages Surnames from given names