Don, don or DON and variants may refer to:

Places

* County Donegal, Ireland, Chapman code DON * Don (river), 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 by ...

, a town in Benin *

Don, Dang Don is a hill station and village in 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 (Sahyadri) range at ...

, 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 References External links Official website Communes of Nord (French department) French Flanders {{Nord-geo-stub ...

, 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 wa ...

, a small village on the Don River, located just outside Devonport, Tasmania *

Don, Trentino Don (german: Thann or ''Daun'') is a former ''comune'' in Trentino in north Italy. On 1 January 2016 it was merged with the neighboring ''comune'' of Amblar to form the new ''comune'' of Amblar-Don, of which it is now a ''frazione A ''frazion ...

, 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 class ...

, a community in the United States *

Don Republic __NOTOC__ The Don Republic (russian: Донская Республика, later known as the Almighty Don Host, or russian: Всевеликое Войско Донское, ''Vsevelikoye Voysko Donskoye'') was an independent self-proclaimed anti- ...

, a temporary state in 1918–1920 *

Don Jail The Don Jail was a jail in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located to the east of the Don River, on Gerrard Street East in the Riverdale neighbourhood. The original building was completed in 1864 and was reopened in 2013 to serve as the administrati ...

, a jail in Toronto, Canada

People

Role or title

* Don (honorific), 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 at universities in Canada and the U.S. *

University don A don is a fellow or tutor of a college or university, especially traditional collegiate universities such as Oxford and Cambridge in England and Trinity College Dublin in Ireland. The usage is also found in Canada. Like the term don used for ...

, 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 na ...

, a short form of the masculine given name Donald in Scots and English * George Don, Scottish botanist (1798–1856), abbreviated as G.Don

Art and entertainment

Fictional entities

* Don (character), 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 is Toei Company's 35th entry in its long-running Super Sentai metaseries of Japanese tokusatsu television series following '' Tensou Sentai Goseiger''. It follows a Pirate motif and premiered on TV Asahi on February 13, 2011, joining '' Kamen Ri ...

Films

* ''Don'' (2006 Dutch film) * ''Don'' (2007 film), a Telugu film starring Akkineni Nagarjuna and Anushka **'' Don Number One'', a Bengali 2012 film remake of the 2007 film * Don (franchise), 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'', 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''

Other uses in art and entertainment

*"Don", a song by Miranda! from their 2004 album ''Sin Restricciones'' *''

Battle Stadium D.O.N is a 2006 Japanese crossover fighting game for the 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 Shōnen Jump'' upon wh ...

'', a video game

Military and defense

* Department of the Navy (or DON), a part of the United States Department of Defense *

Don-2N radar The Don-2N radar (, NATO: Pill Box) is a large missile defense and early warning active electronically scanned array radar outside Moscow, and a key part of the Russian A-135 anti-ballistic missile system designed for the defense of the capital ...

, 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 prov ...

(or DON), a reconnaissance satellite

Science

Chemistry

*Dissolved Organic Nitrogen, 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 amp ...

, 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 famou ...

, 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 ...

, 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 traditional system of measurement used by the people of the Korean peninsula. It is largely based on the Chinese system, with influence from Jap ...

, 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 ...

, 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. Chara ...

, 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 tropi ...

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 ca ...

* Director of nursing (other uses)