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Menon (subcaste) Menon (Malayalam: Help:IPA/Malayalam, eːnoːn is an Aristocracy, aristocratic hereditary title of the Nair community bestowed by various kings of Kerala, most saliently the Zamorin of Calicut and Maharaja of Cochin, upon eminent Nairs. Th ...

, an honorary title accorded to some

Nairs The Nair (, ) also known as Nayar, are a group of Indian Hindu castes, described by anthropologist Kathleen Gough as "not a unitary group but a named category of castes". The Nair include several castes and many subdivisions, not all of whom hi ...

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Menon (surname) Menon () is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Etymology Indian In arts, entertainment, and media Journalism * Appan Menon (1947–1996), Indian print and television journalist * C. Karunakara Menon (1863–1922), Indian journ ...

, a surname used historically by those with the title of Menon and now by their descendants.

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Menon (cookbook author) Menon was the most prolific cookbook author in 18th-century France. Very little is known of his life as a whole. The National Library of France (Bibliothèque Nationale de France) lists his name as Joseph Menon. His numerous works were often repr ...

, pseudonym of an unidentified 18th-century French cookbook author * Menon (Phidias), a workman with Phidias * Menon (Trojan), a Trojan soldier in Trojan War * Menon I of Pharsalus, assisted Cimon at Battle of Eion * Menon II of Pharsalus, led troops assisting Athens in the Peloponnesian War *

Menon III of Pharsalus Meno ( /ˈmiːnoʊ/; Greek: Mένων, ''Menōn''; 423 – 400 BC), son of Alexidemus, was an ancient Thessalian political figure, probably from Pharsalus. He is famous both for the eponymous dialogue written by Plato and for his role as one o ...

or Meno, a Thessalian general and character in Plato's ''Meno'' dialogue. One of the generals of the Greek mercenaries in the army of

Cyrus the Younger Cyrus the Younger ( ''Kūruš''; ; died 401 BC) was an Achaemenid prince and general. He ruled as satrap of Lydia and Ionia from 408 to 401 BC. Son of Darius II and Parysatis, he died in 401 BC in battle during a failed attempt to oust his ...

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Menon IV of Pharsalus Menon (; died 321 BC) was a citizen of Pharsalus in Thessaly, and a man of great influence and reputation. He took a prominent part in the Lamian war, and commanded the Thessalian cavalry in the Battle of Melitaea. Plutarch states that Menon' ...

(born ?), 4th century Greek general *Menon, 4th century BC Peripatetic writer on medicine: see

Anonymus Londinensis Anonymus Londinensis (or Anonymus Londiniensis) is the name given to an anonymous Ancient Greek author of approximately the 1st century AD, whose work ''On Medicine'' (, ) is partially preserved in a papyrus in the British Library (PBrLibr inv. 137 ...

*Múnón, also called Mennón, a Trojan chieftain or king mentioned by the twelfth-century Icelandic writer Snorri Sturluson that may refer to Menon, Memnon, or another person.

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* ''Menon'' (gastropod), a genus of gastropods within the family Eulimidae *''

Meno ''Meno'' (; , ''Ménōn'') is a Socratic dialogue written by Plato around 385 BC., but set at an earlier date around 402 BC. Meno begins the dialogue by asking Socrates whether virtue (in , '' aretē'') can be taught, acquired by practice, o ...

'', a dialogue by Plato, is sometimes referred to also as ''Menon'' *

Menon's caecilian ''Uraeotyphlus menoni'', also known as Menon's caecilian or Kerala caecilian, is a species of caecilian in the family Ichthyophiidae. It is endemic to the state of Kerala in the Western Ghats, India. The specific name ''menoni'' honours K. Ra ...

Menon (weapon) ''Menon'' was an anti-submarine mortar used by the Italian Navy during the Cold War. Introduced in 1956, it was used on the and s and s until their retirement in the 1980s. Description The Menon system fired a projectile weighing to a maximum ...

An Italian

anti-submarine mortar Anti-submarine mortars are artillery pieces deployed on ships for the purpose of sinking submarines by a direct hit with a small explosive charge. They are often larger versions of the Mortar (weapon), mortar used by infantry and fire a projecti ...

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