Niphon may refer to:
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Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
(Nippon, Nihon) or the main island
Honshū
, historically called , is the largest and most populous island of Japan. It is located south of Hokkaidō across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyūshū across the Kanmon Straits. The island separa ...
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Patriarch Nephon I of Constantinople
Nephon I or Niphon of Cyzicus ( el, Νήφων; ? – after 1314) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1310 to 1314. From Veria, Greece. Nicephorus Gregoras claimed Nephon to be illiterate, a lover of luxury, and ill-suited for the ...
, Ecumenical Patriarch in 1310–1314
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Patriarch Niphon of Alexandria Niphon served as Greek Patriarch of Alexandria between 1366 and 1385.
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14th-century Patriarchs of Alexandria
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, Greek Patriarch of Alexandria in 1366–1385
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Niphon of Kafsokalyvia
Niphon of Kafsokalyvia or Niphon Kausokalybites ( el, Όσιος Νήφων Καυσοκαλυβίτης, 1316–1411) was a Greeks, Greek Christian Orthodox saint and monk. He is celebrated by the Eastern Orthodox Church on June 14 (Eastern Orthod ...
(1316–1411), Greek Orthodox saint and hermit
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Patriarch Nephon II of Constantinople
Nephon II or Nifon II, ( el, ), (? – 11 August 1508), born ''Nicholas'', was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople three times: from 1486 to 1488, from 1497 to 1498 and for a short time in 1502. He is honored as a saint in the Eastern Orthodo ...
(Saint Niphon), Ecumenical Patriarch in 1486–1488, 1497–1498 and 1502
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USS ''Niphon'' (1863), a steam ship of Union Navy in the American Civil War
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Niphon spinosus
The ara (''Niphon spinosus''), otherwise known as the saw-edged perch or the Dageumbari (다금바리) is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the monospecific genus ''Niphon'' which is in the monotypic tribe of the Niphonini which is part of ...
'' a species of grouper called the
Ara
ARA may refer to:
Media and the arts
* American-Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences
* '' Artistička Radna Akcija'', compilation album released in former Yugoslavia
* Associate of the Royal Academy, denoting membership in the British Royal Aca ...
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