Don

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Don or DON and variants may refer to:

People

• Don (given name), a short form of the masculine given name Donald in English, also a masculine given name in Irish
• Don (honorific), a Spanish, Portuguese, southern Italian, and Filipino title, given as a mark of respect
• Don, a crime boss, especially in the Mafia
• University don, in British and Irish universities, especially at Oxford, Cambridge, St Andrews and Dublin, a fellow or tutor of a college
• A resident assistant at universities in Canada and the USA

Arts and entertainment

• Don (franchise), an Indian gangster film series and associated products
  • Don (character), the main character of the series, a gangster
  • Don (1978 film), a blockbuster Hindi film starring Amitabh Bachchan
  • Don (2006 Hindi film), a 2006 Bollywood remake of the 1978 film, starring Shahrukh Khan
  • Don 2, the sequel to the 2006 film
• Don (2007 film), a Telugu film starring Akkineni Nagarjuna and Anushka
  • Don Number One, a Bengali 2012 film remake of the 2007 film
• Don (2006 Dutch film), a 2006 Dutch film
• "Don", an episode in Regular Show
• Don, the name of a pteranodon on the PBS Kids series Dinosaur Train
• "Don", a song by Miranda! from their 2004 album Sin Restricciones
• Battle Stadium D.O.N, a video game

Military and defense

• Department of the Navy, a part of the United States Department of Defense
• Don-2N radar, Russian anti-ballistic missile radar
• Orlets-1, a reconnaissance satellite

Places

• Don, Benin, a town in Benin
• Don, Nord, a commune of the Nord département in northern France
• Don River (disambiguation), several rivers named "Don River", River Don", or simply "Don"
• Don, Tasmania, a small village on the Don River, located just outside Devonport, Tasmania
• Don, Trentino, a commune in Trentino, Italy
• Don, West Virginia, a community in the United States
• Don Republic, a temporary state in 1918-19
• Don, Dang, a village and hill station in Dang district, Gujarat, India

Science

Chemistry

• 2,5-Dimethoxy-4-nitroamphetamine, in pharmacology, the psychedelic phenethylamine
• 6-Diazo-5-oxo-L-norleucine
• Vomitoxin, or De-Oxy-Nivalenol, in microbiology, a toxin produced by several Fusarium and Aspergillus strains
• Dissolved Organic Nitrogen

Medicine

• Dysbaric osteonecrosis, death of a portion of bone thought to be caused by nitrogen embolism in divers
• Director of nursing (long term care facility)
• Director of nursing (other uses)

Other sciences

• "-don" a suffix in the scientific names of many animals, meaning "tooth"

Other uses

• Tropical Storm Don (2011)
• Dôn, a mother goddess in Welsh mythology
• Russian Don, a horse breed
• Donburi, a Japanese rice bowl dish

See also

• All pages beginning with "Don"
• Dom (disambiguation)
• Dons (disambiguation)