Fon may refer to:
Terms
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Fon (title)
A Fon is a chieftain or king of a region of Cameroon, especially among the Widikum, Tikar, and Bamiléké peoples of the Bamenda grass fields (the Northwest, West Region) and the Lebialem of the South West Region. They were a creation of German ...
, a traditional title for a ruler in Cameroon
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Fiber-optic network
Fiber-optic communication is a method of transmitting information from one place to another by sending pulses of infrared light through an optical fiber. The light is a form of carrier wave that is modulated to carry information. Fiber is pr ...
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Freedom of navigation
Freedom of navigation (FON) is a principle of law of the sea that ships flying the flag of any sovereign state shall not suffer interference from other states, apart from the exceptions provided for in international law. In the realm of internat ...
* The chemistry mnemonic "
FON", used for determining which elements hydrogen forms hydrogen bonds with.
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Fon language
Fon (, ) is spoken in Benin, Nigeria, Togo, Ghana and Gabon by approximately 1.7 million speakers, and is the language of the Fon people. Like the other Gbe languages, Fon is an isolating language with an SVO basic word order.
Cultural and le ...
, spoken by the Fon people
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Funding Opportunity Number, assigned by United States federal agencies to available grants
Organizations
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Fon (company)
Fon Wireless Ltd. is a for-profit company incorporated and registered in the United Kingdom that provides wireless services. Fon was founded in Madrid, Spain, in 2006, by Martín Varsavsky where it headquarters most of its operations.
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, a Wi-Fi provider
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Federation of Ontario Naturalists, now Ontario Nature, a Canadian environmental organization
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FON University, university in Macedonia
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, faculty in Serbia
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Fundusz Obrony Narodowej, or Fund for National Defense, a collection attempt in Poland prior to World War II
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Sprint Corporation
Sprint Corporation was an American telecommunications company. Before it merged with T-Mobile US on April 1, 2020, it was the fourth-largest mobile network operator in the United States, serving 54.3 million customers as of June 30, 2019. The ...
People
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Fon people, a major West African ethnic and linguistic group
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Bryn Fôn
Bryn Fôn (born 27 August 1954) is a Welsh actor and singer-songwriter. He also became the first ever artist to play live on BBC Radio Cymru in 1977.
Biography
Bryn Fôn was born in Llanllyfni, Caernarfonshire. He attended Ysgol Gynradd Lla ...
(born 1954), Welsh actor and musician
Other
* ''
Fish On Next'', a video game
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Fon Fjord in Greenland
See also
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Fun (disambiguation)
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Fawn (disambiguation)
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Faun (disambiguation)
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Phon (disambiguation)
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