Thon may refer to: * Thon (mythology), a figure from Greek mythology *

Thon (name) Thon is a given name and a surname. Given name * Thon Maker (born 1997), Australian basketballer *Thon Moreira or Thon Thomas, nicknames of Hilton Moreira (born 1981), Brazilian footballer Surname * Dickie Thon (born 1958), American baseball pla ...

, a surname and given name * Thon (river), northern France * Thon ''(A Canticle for Leibowitz)'', an academic rank similar to a university "don" in the science fiction novel ''A Canticle for Leibowitz'' *-thon, -athon, or -a-thon, a generic suffix and back-formation from

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of kilometres ( 26 mi 385 yd), usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There ...

, usually used for fundraising events **

Telethon A telethon (a portmanteau of "television" and "marathon") is a televised fundraising event that lasts many hours or days, the purpose of which is to raise money for a charitable, political or other cause. Most telethons feature heavy solicitatio ...

, a televised fundraising event ** Walkathon, a fundraising event involving walking ** Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON), an annual 46-hour fundraiser combatting pediatric cancer *"Thon", proposed third-person singular

gender-neutral pronoun A third-person pronoun is a pronoun that refers to an entity other than the speaker or listener. Some languages, such as Slavic, with gender-specific pronouns have them as part of a grammatical gender system, a system of agreement where most o ...

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