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The term Don or DON may refer to

• Donald, a Western name (a Scottish derivative)
• Don (honorific), a Spanish, Portuguese and Italian title, given as a mark of respect
• Don, a crime boss
• Sir Donald Bradman, Test cricket's most prolific batsman
• Dôn, a mother goddess in Welsh mythology
• University don, in British universities, traditionally, a head, fellow or tutor of a college
• A resident assistant at universities in Canada and the USA
• Russian Don, a horse breed
• Orlets-1, a reconnaissance satellite
• DON, 2,5-Dimethoxy-4-nitroamphetamine, in pharmacology, the psychedelic phenethylamine
• DON, De-Oxy-Nivalenol = Vomitoxin, in microbiology, a toxine produced by several Fusarium and Aspergillus strains
• DON is the short term of 6-Diazo-5-oxo-L-norleucine
• DON, Dissolved Organic Nitrogen
• DoN, the Department of the Navy, a part of the United States Department of Defense
• DON, Dysbaric osteonecrosis
• "Don" is an abbreviation for donburi, a Japanese rice bowl dish.

In Geography

• Don River (Russia), one of the main rivers of Russia
• River Don, Aberdeenshire, in Scotland
• River Don, South Yorkshire, in England
• Don River (Ontario), in Canada
• Don (Vilaine), river in western France, tributary of the Vilaine
• Don, Nord, a commune of the Nord département in northern France
• Don, Italy, a comune in the province of Trento, Italy
• Don, Benin, a town in Benin
• Don Republic, a temporary state in 1918-19

In Entertainment

• Don Juan, the legendary, fictional libertine
• Don (1978 film), a blockbuster Hindi movie starring Amitabh Bachchan
• Don - The Chase Begins Again, a 2006 Bollywood remake starring Shahrukh Khan
• Don (2007 film), a Telugu film starring Akkineni Nagarjuna and Anushka
• Don (Dutch film), a 2006 Dutch film

People with the name Don

• Don Ameche, American actor and director
• Don Barbieri, American politician
• Don Boudria, former Member of Parliament of the Canadian House of Commons
• Don Costa, American pop music arranger
• Don DeLillo, American writer
• Don Drummond, Jamaican trombonist and composer
• Don Falcone, American musician
• Don Kalb, Dutch social anthropologist
• Don Gentile, former U.S. Air Force officer
• Don LaFontaine, a prolific American voice actor
• Don Mancini, American film director
• Don Novello, American actor
• Donovan Phillips Leitch, the Scottish singer and musician
• Don Rosa, American comic book writer and illustrator
• Don Stevenson, American musician
• Don Van Natta, Jr., American journalist

See also

• Dom
• Dons

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Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Don

1. A diminutive of the male given name Donald or Gordon.

Etymology 2

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Don River (Russia)

Wikipedia

Proper noun

Don

1. River in European Russia, flowing 1200 mile to the Sea of Azov.

Translations

See also

• Cossack

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Don

1. River in Scotland, flowing 62 mile to the North Sea.

Anagrams

• Anagrams of dno
• nod

Dutch

Proper noun

Don m.

1. Don, River in Russia.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dominus (“‘lord’”), from domus (“‘house’”).

Noun

Don m. (plural Dones)

1. A title of respect to a man, prefixed to Christian names (similar to English lord).

Usage notes

May be written with upper- or lowercase.

See also

• Doña
• don
• doña
• dueño