Fon or FON may refer to:
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Fon (title)
A Fon is a chieftain or king of a region of Cameroon, especially among the Widikum, Tikar, and Bamiléké peoples of the Bamenda grass fields (the Northwest, West Region) and the Lebialem of the South West Region. They were a creation of Germa ...
, a traditional title for a ruler in Cameroon
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Fiber-optic network
Fiber-optic communication is a method of transmitting information from one place to another by sending pulses of infrared light through an optical fiber. The light is a form of carrier wave that is modulated to carry information. Fiber is pre ...
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Freedom of navigation
Freedom of navigation (FON) is a principle of law of the sea that ships flying the flag of any sovereign state shall not suffer interference from other states, apart from the exceptions provided for in international law. In the realm of internat ...
* The chemistry mnemonic "
FON", used for determining which elements hydrogen forms hydrogen bonds with.
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Fon language
Fon (, ) is spoken in Benin, Nigeria, Togo, Ghana and Gabon by approximately 1.7 million speakers, and is the language of the Fon people. Like the other Gbe languages, Fon is an isolating language with an SVO basic word order.
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, spoken by the Fon people
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Funding Opportunity Number, assigned by United States federal agencies to available grants
Organizations
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Fon (company)
Fon Wireless Ltd. is a for-profit company incorporated and registered in the United Kingdom that provides wireless services. Fon was founded in Madrid, Spain, in 2006, by Martín Varsavsky where it headquarters most of its operations.
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, a Wi-Fi provider
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Federation of Ontario Naturalists, now Ontario Nature, a Canadian environmental organization
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FON University
The American University of Europe - FON (AUE - FON) is a private university with headquarters in Skopje, North Macedonia. It is the second private university established in North Macedonia after the liberalization of the High education law's in 20 ...
, university in Macedonia
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, faculty in Serbia
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Fundusz Obrony Narodowej Fundusz Obrony Narodowej ("National Defense Fund") was an attempt by both the government of the Second Polish Republic and the Polish nation to collect funds necessary for improving fighting ability of the Polish Army before the increasingly likely ...
, or Fund for National Defense, a collection attempt in Poland prior to World War II
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Sprint Corporation
Sprint Corporation was an American telecommunications company. Before it Merger of Sprint Corporation and T-Mobile US, merged with T-Mobile US on April 1, 2020, it was the fourth-largest mobile network operator in the United States, serving 54.3 ...
People
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Fon people
The Fon people, also called Fon nu, Agadja or Dahomey, are a Gbe ethnic group.[Fon people]
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, a major West African ethnic and linguistic group
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Bryn Fôn
Bryn Fôn (born 27 August 1954) is a Welsh actor and singer-songwriter. He also became the first ever artist to play live on BBC Radio Cymru in 1977.
Biography
Bryn Fôn was born in Llanllyfni, Caernarfonshire. He attended Ysgol Gynradd ...
(born 1954), Welsh actor and musician
Places
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Fonfjord, a fjord in eastern Greenland
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Fon, Norway
Fon is a hamlet in the municipality of Tønsberg in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. It is the site of Fon Church. In the recent past there were several farms here. Fon hosts a small music festival called Revårock, held since 2002.
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, a village in Tønsberg Municipality in Vestfold, Norway
Other
* ''
Fish On Next'', a video game
See also
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Fun (disambiguation)
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Fawn (disambiguation)
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Faun (disambiguation)
A faun is a half-human, half-goat creature in Roman mythology.
Faun may also refer to:
*Tadano Faun GmbH, a German engineering firm
*Faun (band), a German pagan folk / medieval band
*'' Faunis'', a genus of Asian butterflies commonly referred to ...
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Phon (disambiguation)
A phon is a unit of loudness.
Phon may also refer to::
* Phon district, Khon Kaen Province, Thailand
* Pauline Hanson's One Nation, an Australian political party
People with the given name
* Phon Sangsingkeo (1907–1980), Thai doctor
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