Niphon may refer to:
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Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
(Nippon, Nihon) or the main island
Honshū
, historically known as , is the largest of the four main islands of Japan. It lies between the Pacific Ocean (east) and the Sea of Japan (west). It is the seventh-largest island in the world, and the second-most populous after the Indonesian ...
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Patriarch Nephon I of Constantinople
Nephon I of Constantinople (''Niphon of Cyzicus''; ; died on 3 September 1328) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1310 to 1314. From Veria, Greece. Nicephorus Gregoras claimed Nephon to be illiterate
Literacy is the abili ...
, Ecumenical Patriarch in 1310–1314
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Patriarch Niphon of Alexandria Niphon served as Greek Patriarch of Alexandria
The Greek Orthodox patriarch of Alexandria has the title Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa. The term "Greek" is a religious identifier and not an ethnic one; while many of these patriarc ...
, Greek Patriarch of Alexandria in 1366–1385
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Niphon of Kafsokalyvia
Niphon Kausokalybites (, 1316–1411) was a Greek Orthodox Christian saint and monk. He is celebrated by the Eastern Orthodox Church on June 14.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Νήφων ὁ Καυσοκαλυβίτης'' 14 Ιουνίου. ...
(1316–1411), Greek Orthodox saint and hermit
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Patriarch Nephon II of Constantinople
Nephon II of Constantinople (''Nifon II'' (; ; died 11 August 1508), born Nicholas (Νικόλαος), was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople three times: from 1486 to 1488, from 1497 to 1498 and for a short time in 1502. He is honored as a ...
(Saint Niphon), Ecumenical Patriarch in 1486–1488, 1497–1498 and 1502
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USS ''Niphon'' (1863), a steam ship of Union Navy in the American Civil War
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Niphon spinosus
The ara (''Niphon spinosus''), otherwise known as the saw-edged perch or the Dageumbari (다금바리) is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the monospecific genus ''Niphon'' in the monogeneric family Niphonidae. It is found in the Western ...
'' a species of grouper called the
Ara
Ara may refer to:
Biology
* ''Ara'' (bird), a genus of parrots
* Ara (fish) (''Niphon spinosus''), a species of fish
* L-arabinose operon, also known as ara
Places
* Ara (mountain), a mountain in Armenia
* Ara, Armenia, a village in Armenia
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