Colon
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Colon may refer to:
- from Greek κολον "intestine, sausage"
- from Greek κωλον "portion"
- Colon (rhetoric), a clause which is grammatically, but not logically, complete
- Colon (punctuation)
- French colons for "colonists", see Pieds-noirs
toponymy
- Colon Township, Michigan, in St. Joseph County, Michigan, United States
- Colon, Michigan, a village located within Colon Township
- Colon, Nebraska, a village in Saunders County, Nebraska, United States
- from Colón, the Spanish name of Christopher Columbus (from the Italian surname Colombo "dove")
proper names:
- Cristóbal Colón, the Spanish rendering of Christopher Columbus
- Colon classification, a library classification system
- Colon, an alternative name used in France for wine made from the Gros Verdot grape
in popular culture
- Fred Colon, a Discworld character
[edit] See also
- Colón (disambiguation)
- Cologne (disambiguation)