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 or Colón 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, 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 (singer), Japanese singer
• Colón (surname)
• Colons, another term for
  Pieds-Noirs
  (European settlers in French Algeria)
• Augie Colon (1927–2004), American musician
• Delfin Colon (born 1969), American baseball umpire
• Evelyn Colon (1961–1976), formerly unidentified American murder victim
• Filiberto Colon (born 1964), Puerto Rican Olympic swimmer
• Fred Colon
  , a fictional character in the Discworld universe
• Gilles Colon (born 1981), Haitian Canadian football player
• Gisela Colon (born 1966), American artist
• Harry Colon (born 1969), American football player
• Jacques Colon (born 1944), Belgian Olympic sports shooter
• Javier Colon (born 1978), American singer-songwriter
• Johnny Colon, American salsa musician
• José Antonio Colon (born 1948), Puerto Rican Olympic boxer
• José María Colon (born 1947), Spanish Olympic canoer
• Luis Diaz Colon (born 1952), Puerto Rican politician, mayor of Yabucoa 1993–1997
• Tai Verdes, stage name of American singer-songwriter Tyler Colon (born 1995)
• Trystan Colon (born 1998), American football player
• Victor Colon (born 1972), Puerto Rican Olympic gymnast
• Willie Colon (American football) (born 1983), American football player

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

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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