Ballon
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Ballon may refer to:
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[edit] Places
- Ballon, County Carlow (Balana in Irish), a village in County Carlow, Ireland
- Ballon, Charente-Maritime, in the Charente-Maritime département, in France
- Ballon, Sarthe, in the Sarthe département, in France
- Names of Vosges Mountains summits in east of France
- Ballon d'Alsace
- Grand Ballon
- Petit Ballon
- Ballon de Servance
[edit] Surnames
- Claude Balon (also Ballon, often incorrectly named Jean) (c1671–1744), a French dancer and choreographer.
- The ballet term "Ballon (ballet)" is named after this dancer.
[edit] Other
- Ballon is the French word for Balloon and by analogy also for other different spheric objects
- Ballon, a short-necked flask used in alchemy, to receive what is distilled or drawn off by fire.
- Ballon, in architecture, is a round globe placed a-top a pillar.
[edit] See also
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