Colon

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Colon commonly refers to:

• Colon (punctuation) (:), a punctuation mark
• Colon (anatomy), a major part of the large intestine
  • Common inaccurate term for the entire large intestine

Colon may also refer to:

Places

• Colon, Michigan, US
• Colon, Nebraska, US
• Colon, North Carolina, US
• Colon Township, Michigan, US
• Kowloon, Hong Kong, spelled "Colon" in older books
• Colón Department (Honduras), department of Honduras
• Colón, Panama in:
  • Colón Province, Panama
• Colón, Putumayo in Colombia
• Colón, Cuba in Cuba
• Colón, Venezuela in Venezuela
• Colon Street, Cebu City, Philippines

People and fictional characters

• Colon (surname)
• Colón (surname)
• Colon (singer), Japanese singer
• Colons, another term for Pieds-Noirs (European settlers in French Algeria)

Other uses

• Colon (letter), a colon-like character used as an alphabetic letter
• Colon (rhetoric), a clause which is grammatically, but not logically, complete
• Colon (CONFIG.SYS directive), usage of :label in DR DOS configuration files
• Colon (beetle), a genus of beetles in the family Leiodidae
• Colon (grape), a French wine grape
• Colon classification, a library classification system
• Costa Rican colón, currency of Costa Rica
• SS Arawa, ocean liner, ship, named Colon when in Spanish service 1895-1898

See also

• Colón (disambiguation)
• Cologne (disambiguation)
• Colonus (person) (in Ancient Rome)
• Columbus (disambiguation)
• Column (disambiguation)
• Isocolon
• Kolon (disambiguation)
• Koron (disambiguation)
• The Colóns (disambiguation)

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