Don, don or DON and variants may refer to:

Places

Don (river) The Don () is the List of rivers of Europe#Rivers of Europe by length, fifth-longest river in Europe. Flowing from Central Russia to the Sea of Azov in Southern Russia, it is one of List of rivers of Russia, Russia's largest rivers and played an ...

, a river in European Russia *

Don River (disambiguation) The Don River is a river in Russia and the fifth-longest river in Europe. Don River or River Don may also refer to: Australia * Don River (Central Queensland), a tributary of the Fitzroy River * Don River (North Queensland) * Don River (Tasmania ...

, several other rivers with the name * Don, Benin, a town in Benin * Don, Dang, a village and hill station in Dang district, Gujarat, India * Don, Nord, 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 wa ...

, a small village on the Don River, located just outside Devonport, Tasmania *

Don, Trentino Don ( 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'' (: ''frazi ...

, a commune in Trentino, Italy *

Don, West Virginia Don is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The Unite ...

, a community in the United States * Don Republic, 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 administrati ...

, a jail in Toronto, Canada *DON, Chapman code for

County Donegal County Donegal ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county of the Republic of Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and is the northernmost county of Ireland. The county mostly borders Northern Ireland, sharing only a small b ...

, Ireland

People and characters

Role or title

Don (honorific) The terms Don (in Spanish language, Spanish and Italian language, Italian), Dom (in Portuguese language, Portuguese), and Domn (in Romanian language, Romanian), are honorific prefixes derived from the Latin language, Latin ''Dominus'', meaning ...

, a Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian title, given as a mark of respect *

Don (academia) 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 and in the United States. Like ...

, a fellow or tutor of a college or university in the U.K. and elsewhere *Don, a

crime boss A crime boss, also known as a crime lord, mafia don, mob boss, kingpin, or godfather is the leader of a criminal organization. Description A crime boss has absolute or nearly absolute control over the other members of the organization and is ...

, especially in the Mafia

People with the name

Don (given name) Don is a masculine given name in the Irish language, as well as a short form of two masculine given names in the English language. The Irish name is derived from the Irish ''donn''; the name can either mean "brown", or "chief", "noble". The Iri ...

, a short form of the masculine given name Donald in Scots and English * Don (nickname) *

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), pr ...

(1798–1856), Scottish botanist *

Khadi Don Khadi Don (born April 4, 1996) is an American social media personality, comedian, and actress. Don began posting on the video-sharing platform Vine in 2013, where she soon found viral success with her comedy sketches and parodies, including her 2 ...

(born 1996), American comedian and actress

Fictional characters

Don (character) Don is a fictional character in the ''Don'' film franchise. He was first introduced in the 1978 film '' Don''. He later appears in a reboot '' Don'' and its sequel ''Don 2''. Created by the writer duo Salim–Javed ( Salim Khan and Javed Akht ...

, the main character of the ''Don'' franchise, a gangster *

Don Wada is a Japanese video game series created by Namco. In the games, players simulate playing a taiko drum in time with music. The series has released games for the arcade and for console and mobile platforms including PlayStation 2, Advanced Pico ...

, one of the main protagonists of the ''Taiko no Tatsujin'' series *Don Dogoier, character in Japanese television series ''

Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger is a Japanese Tokusatsu television series and the 35th entry in its long-running ''Super Sentai'' metaseries of Japanese ''tokusatsu'' television series following '' Tensou Sentai Goseiger''. It follows a Pirate motif, joining '' Kamen Rider OO ...

'' *Don, the main character from ''

Jumbo Jumbo (December 25, 1860 – September 15, 1885), also known as Jumbo the Elephant and Jumbo the Circus Elephant, was a 19th-century male African bush elephant born in Sudan. Jumbo was exported to Jardin des Plantes, a zoo in Paris, and then tr ...

''.

Arts, entertainment, media

Films

* ''Don'' (2003 film), an Indian Kanada-language film by P. N. Sathya * ''Don'' (2006 Dutch film), by Arend Steenbergen * ''Don'' (2007 film), an Indian Telugu-language film starring Akkineni Nagarjuna and Anushka **''

Don Number One ''Don Number One'' () is a 2012 crime-drama Bangladeshi film directed by Badiul Alam Khokon. The film stars Shakib Khan in the lead role and was released on Eid-ul-Adha of 27 October 2012. It is an unofficial remake of Indian Telugu movie '' ...

'', a 2012 Bangladeshi film starring Shakib Khan, remake of the 2007 film *

Don (franchise) ''Don'' is an Indian media franchise, centered on Don, a fictional Indian underworld boss. The franchise originates from the 1978 Hindi-language action thriller film '' Don''. In 2006, a remake series began, with the release of '' Don: The C ...

, an Indian gangster film franchise ** ''Don'' (1978 film), by Chandra Barot ** ''Don'' (2006 Hindi film), a remake by Farhan Akhtar of the 1978 film ***

Don (soundtrack) ''Don'' is the soundtrack album to the 2006 Hindi film ''Don (2006 Hindi film), Don: The Chase Begins Again'' (a remake of 1978 film ''Don (1978 film), of the same name''), directed by Farhan Akhtar, and starring Shah Rukh Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Pr ...

, for the 2006 film by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy **''

Don 2 ''Don 2: The King Is Back'' is a 2011 Indian Hindi language action thriller film written, co-produced and directed by Farhan Akhtar. It is the second installment in the '' Don reboot series''. Jointly produced by Excel Entertainment and Red ...

'', 2011 sequel to the 2006 film ***'' Don 2: The Game'', video game based on the 2011 film * ''Don'' (2022 film), an Indian Tamil-language film by Cibi Chakaravarthi

Television

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

Regular Show ''Regular Show'' (known as ''Regular Show in Space'' during its Regular Show season 8, eighth season) is an American animated sitcom created by J. G. Quintel for Cartoon Network. It ran from September 6, 2010, to January 16, 2017, over the cours ...

Music

*"Don", a song by Miranda! from their 2004 album ''

Sin Restricciones ''Sin Restricciones'' () is the second studio album by Argentine band Miranda!, released on November 21, 2004 by Secsy Discos. Background and release At the beginning of 2004, while their first album, ''Es Mentira'', was being edited in Mexico ...

'' *"Don", a song by

Trippie Redd Michael Lamar White IV (born June 18, 1999), known professionally as Trippie Redd, is an American rapper and singer. Born and raised in Canton, Ohio, he has contributed to the progression of emo rap and rage, a subgenre of trap music. His de ...

, 2020

Other uses in art and entertainment

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Battle Stadium D.O.N is a 2006 Japanese crossover fighting game developed by Eighting and Q Entertainment and published by Namco Bandai Games for the GameCube and PlayStation 2. The "D.O.N." in the game's title is derived from '' Dragon Ball Z'', ''One Piece'', an ...

'', a video game

Military and defense

Department of the Navy Navy Department or Department of the Navy may refer to: * United States Department of the Navy The United States Department of the Navy (DON) is one of the three military departments within the United States Department of Defense. It was esta ...

(or DON), a part of the United States Department of Defense * Don-2N radar, Russian anti-ballistic missile radar * ''Don''-class submarine tender, Soviet-era class of submarine tenders *

Orlets-1 Orlets-1 or Don (GRAU index 17F12) was a Russian (previously Soviet) reconnaissance satellite.NSSDC Master CatalogCosmos 2290/ref>Gunter's Space Page/ref> Orlets-1 was developed after the Yantar-2K satellite was deemed incapable of providing stra ...

(or DON), a reconnaissance satellite

Science

Chemistry

*Dissolved Organic

Nitrogen Nitrogen is a chemical element; it has Symbol (chemistry), symbol N and atomic number 7. Nitrogen is a Nonmetal (chemistry), nonmetal and the lightest member of pnictogen, group 15 of the periodic table, often called the Pnictogen, pnictogens. ...

, or DON *

2,5-Dimethoxy-4-nitroamphetamine 2,5-Dimethoxy-4-nitroamphetamine (DON) is a psychedelic drug and substituted amphetamine, amphetamine. It is an structural analog, analogue of 2,5-dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine, DOM and 2,5-Dimethoxy-4-bromoamphetamine, DOB. It is also closely rel ...

, a recreational drug * 6-Diazo-5-oxo-L-norleucine, an enzyme inhibitor *

Deoxynivalenol Vomitoxin, also known as deoxynivalenol (DON), is a type B trichothecene, an epoxy- sesquiterpenoid. This mycotoxin occurs predominantly in grains such as wheat, barley, oats, rye, and corn, and less often in rice, sorghum, and triticale. The o ...

, a mycotoxin

Biology

*"-don" a suffix in the scientific names of many animals, meaning "tooth" * Dysbaric osteonecrosis, death of a portion of bone * Russian Don, a horse breed

Other uses

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 earl ...

, a mother goddess in Welsh mythology *

don (unit) Korean units of measurement, called ''cheokgwan-beop'' () or ''cheokgeun-beop'' () in Korean, is the Customary units, traditional system of measurement used by the people of the Korean peninsula. It is largely based on the Chinese units of measur ...

, a Korean unit of weight *

Donburi is a Japanese "rice-bowl dish" consisting of fish, meat, vegetables or other ingredients simmered together and served over rice. ''Donburi'' meals are usually served in oversized rice bowls which are also called ''donburi''. If one needs to ...

, or don, a Japanese rice bowl dish *

Tropical Storm Don (2011) The 2011 Atlantic hurricane season was the second in a group of three very active Atlantic hurricane seasons, each with 19 tropical cyclone naming, named storms, tied with 1887, 1995, 2010, and 2012. The above-average activity was mostly due to ...

* Director of nursing (long term care facility) * Director of nursing (other uses)