Don, don or DON and variants may refer to:

Places

County Donegal County Donegal ( ; ga, Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster and in the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Donegal in the south of the county. It has also been known as County Tyrconne ...

, Ireland, Chapman code DON *

Don (river) The Don ( rus, Дон, p=don) is the fifth-longest river in Europe. Flowing from Central Russia to the Sea of Azov in Southern Russia, it is one of Russia's largest rivers and played an important role for traders from the Byzantine Empire. Its ...

, a river in European Russia *

Don River (disambiguation) The Don is a river in Russia and the fifth-longest river in Europe. Don River or River Don may also refer to: Australia * Don River (Central Queensland), a tributary of the Fitzroy River * Don River (North Queensland) * Don River (Tasmania) * Don ...

, several other rivers with the name *

Don, Benin Don is a town in Benin, Africa. Nearest large airports are Cotonou Cadjehoun in Cotonou and Lomé-Tokoin in Lomé, Togo Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered b ...

, a town in Benin *

Don, Dang Don is a hill station and village in Dang District, India, Dang district of Gujarat, India. It is touted to be the second hill station in state after nearby Saputara. Geography Don is situated on a plateau in the Dang forest area of Western Ghats ...

, a village and hill station in Dang district, Gujarat, India *

Don, Nord Don () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. See also *Communes of the Nord department The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic. The communes cooperate in the following int ...

, a ''commune'' of the Nord ''département'' in northern France *

Don, Tasmania Don (sometimes known as the Don) is a small village, located just outside Devonport Tasmania, situated on the Don River. It is home to the Don River Railway and the Don Village Market. Don also has a Presbyterian church. The local Don Hall was ...

, a small village on the Don River, located just outside Devonport, Tasmania * Don, Trentino, a commune in Trentino, Italy *

Don, West Virginia Don is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classif ...

, a community in the United States * Don Republic, a temporary state in 1918–1920 * Don Jail, a jail in Toronto, Canada

People

Role or title

Don (honorific) Don (; ; pt, Dom, links=no ; all from Latin ', roughly 'Lord'), abbreviated as D., is an honorific prefix primarily used in Spain and Hispanic America, and with different connotations also in Italy, Portugal and its former colonies, and Croati ...

, a Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian title, given as a mark of respect *Don, a

crime boss A crime boss, also known as a crime lord, Don, gang lord, gang boss, mob boss, kingpin, godfather, crime mentor or criminal mastermind, is a person in charge of a criminal organization. Description A crime boss typically has absolute or nearl ...

, especially in the Mafia , ''Don Konisshi'' (コニッシー) *Don, a

resident assistant A resident assistant (RA), also known by a variety of other names, is a trained peer leader who coordinates activities in residence halls in colleges and universities, mental health and substance abuse residential facilities, or similar establishm ...

at universities in Canada and the U.S. * University don, in British and Irish universities, especially at Oxford, Cambridge, St Andrews and Dublin, a fellow or tutor of a college

People with the name

Don (given name) Don is a masculine given name in the Irish language and a short form of another masculine given name in the English language. The Irish name is derived from the Irish ''donn''; the name can either mean " brown", or "chief", "noble". The Irish ...

, a short form of the masculine given name Donald in Scots and English *

George Don George Don (29 April 1798 – 25 February 1856) was a Scottish botanist and plant collector. Life and career George Don was born at Doo Hillock, Forfar, Angus, Scotland on 29 April 1798 to Caroline Clementina Stuart and George Don (b.1756), p ...

, Scottish botanist (1798–1856), abbreviated as G.Don

Art and entertainment

Fictional entities

Don (character) Don is a fictional character in the ''Don'' film franchise. He was first introduced in the 1978 film ''Don''. He later appears in a remake ''Don'' and its sequel '' Don 2''. The character was created by the writer duo Salim–Javed (Salim Khan ...

, the main character of the ''Don'' franchise, a gangster *

Don Wada , lead=yes, group=lower-alpha (Japanese: 太鼓の達人, Taiko no Tatsujin, lit. "Master of the drums") is a series of games created by Namco. In the games, players simulate playing a taiko drum in time with music. The series has released games ...

, one of the main protagonists of the ''Taiko no Tatsujin'' series *Don Dogoier, Is A Main Character in Japanese Series '' Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger''

Films

* ''Don'' (2006 Dutch film) * ''Don'' (2007 film), a Telugu film starring Akkineni Nagarjuna and Anushka **''

Don Number One ''Don Number One'' ( bn, ডন নাম্বার ওয়ান) is a 2012 crime-drama Bangladeshi film directed by Badiul Alam Khokon. The film stars Shakib Khan in the lead role. The film released on Eid-ul-Adha of 27 October 2012. Cast ...

'', a Bengali 2012 film remake of the 2007 film *

Don (franchise) ''Don'' is an Indian media franchise, centered on Don, a fictional Indian underworld boss. The franchise originates from the 1978 Hindi-language action thriller film ''Don''. In 2006, a remake series began, with the release of '' Don: The Chase ...

, an Indian gangster film franchise * ''Don'' (1978 film), a blockbuster Hindi film ** ''Don'' (2006 Hindi film), a Bollywood remake of the 1978 film **''

Don 2 ''Don 2: The King Is Back'', also known as ''Don 2'', is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film written, co-produced and directed by Farhan Akhtar. It is the second installment in the '' Don reboot series''. Jointly produced by Excel ...

'', the sequel to the 2006 film * ''Don'' (2022 film), a Tamil film

Television

* ''Don'' (TV series), a 2007 Indian reality TV series *"Don", an episode in ''

Regular Show ''Regular Show'' (known as ''Regular Show in Space'' during its eighth season) is an American animated sitcom created by J. G. Quintel for Cartoon Network. It ran from September 6, 2010, to January 16, 2017, over the course of eight seasons a ...

Other uses in art and entertainment

*"Don", a song by

Miranda! Miranda! is an Argentine electropop band formed in 2001. Original band members include Alejandro Sergi (vocals), Juliana Gattas (vocals), Lolo Fuentes (guitar), Bruno de Vincenti (programming), and since 2003, Nicolás Grimaldi (bass). It is c ...

from their 2004 album ''Sin Restricciones'' *''

Battle Stadium D.O.N is a 2006 Japanese crossover fighting game for the Nintendo GameCube, GameCube and PlayStation 2. The "D.O.N." in the game's title is derived from ''Dragon Ball Z'', ''One Piece'', and ''Naruto'', the three manga series published by ''Weekly Sh� ...

'', a video game

Military and defense

Department of the Navy Navy Department or Department of the Navy may refer to: * United States Department of the Navy, * Navy Department (Ministry of Defence), in the United Kingdom, 1964-1997 * Confederate States Department of the Navy, 1861-1865 * Department of the Na ...

(or DON), a part of the United States Department of Defense * Don-2N radar, Russian anti-ballistic missile radar * ''Don''-class submarine tender, Soviet-era class of submarine tenders *

Orlets-1 Orlets-1 or Don (GRAU index 17F12) is a Russian (previously Soviet) reconnaissance satellite.NSSDC Master CatalogCosmos 2290/ref>Gunter's Space Page/ref> Orlets-1 was made after it was concluded that the Yantar-2K satellite was not capable of provi ...

(or DON), a reconnaissance satellite

Science

Chemistry

*Dissolved Organic

Nitrogen Nitrogen is the chemical element with the symbol N and atomic number 7. Nitrogen is a nonmetal and the lightest member of group 15 of the periodic table, often called the pnictogens. It is a common element in the universe, estimated at se ...

, or DON *

2,5-Dimethoxy-4-nitroamphetamine 2,5-Dimethoxy-4-nitroamphetamine (DON) is a psychedelic drug and amphetamine. It is an analog of DOM and DOB. It is also closely related to 2C-N. Chemistry DON is in a class of compounds commonly known as alpha- methyl phenethylamines, or ...

, a recreational drug *

6-Diazo-5-oxo-L-norleucine 6-Diazo-5-oxo-L-norleucine (DON) is a glutamine antagonist, which was isolated originally from Streptomyces in a sample of Peruvian soil. This diazo compound is biosynthesized from lysine by three enzymes in bacteria. It is one of the most fam ...

, an enzyme inhibitor *

Deoxynivalenol Vomitoxin, also known as deoxynivalenol (DON), is a type B trichothecene, an epoxy-sesquiterpenoid. This mycotoxin occurs predominantly in grains such as wheat, barley, oats, rye, and corn, and less often in rice, sorghum, and triticale. The occ ...

, a mycotoxin

Biology

*"-don" a suffix in the scientific names of many animals, meaning "tooth" *

Dysbaric osteonecrosis Dysbaric osteonecrosis or DON is a form of avascular necrosis where there is death of a portion of the bone that is thought to be caused by nitrogen embolism (blockage of the blood vessels by a bubble of nitrogen coming out of solution) in divers. ...

, death of a portion of bone

Other uses

* Dôn, a mother goddess in Welsh mythology *

don (unit) Korean units of measurement, called ''cheokgwan-beop'' () or ''cheokgeun-beop'' () in Korean, is the Customary units, traditional system of measurement used by the people of the Korean peninsula. It is largely based on the Chinese units of measure ...

, a Korean unit of weight *

Donburi is a Japanese "rice-bowl dish" consisting of fish, meat, vegetables or other ingredients simmered together and served over rice. ''Donburi'' meals are usually served in oversized rice bowls which are also called ''donburi''. If one needs to d ...

, or don, a Japanese rice bowl dish *

Russian Don The Russian Don is a breed of horse developed in and named after the steppes region of Russia where the Don River flows. Utilized originally as cavalry horses for the Cossacks, they are currently used for under-saddle work and driving. Char ...

, a horse breed *

Tropical Storm Don (2011) Tropical Storm Don was the first tropical cyclone to make landfall in the United States during the 2011 season. The fourth named storm of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, Tropical Storm Don formed from an area of low pressure along a tropica ...

Director of nursing (long term care facility) A director of nursing (DON) is a registered nurse who supervises the care of all the patients at a health care facility. The director of nursing has special training beyond the training of a staff nurse for the position that pertains to health car ...

* Director of nursing (other uses)