Bolon may refer to:
* Bolon, name of several gods in
Mayan mythology
Maya or Mayan mythology is part of Mesoamerican mythology and comprises all of the Maya tales in which personified forces of nature, deities, and the heroes interacting with these play the main roles. The myths of the era have to be reconstructe ...
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Bolon (eyewear brand)
Xiamen Yarui Optical Co., Ltd (), doing business as Bolon ( and Molsion, is a Chinese eyewear manufacturer. The company is headquartered in Xiamen.
Xiamen Yarui Optical is one of the world's largest eyeglasses manufacturers, and Bolon is China's ...
, a Chinese eyewear brand
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Bolon (flooring company)
Bolon is a Swedish design company based in Ulricehamn, Sweden. Bolon is known for inventing the woven vinyl flooring. The company was founded by Nils-Erik Eklund back in 1949.
History
Bolon was founded by Nils-Erik Eklund in Stockholm 1949. Ekl ...
, a flooring company in Sweden
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Bolon of Macedon
Bolon was a Macedonian soldier, who accused Philotas. He gave a speech at Phrada in 330 BC saying : ''Philotas had ridiculed men from the country, he continued, calling them Phrygians and Paphlagonians
Paphlagonia (; el, Παφλαγονία, ...
(''fl.'' 330 BC) soldier who gave a speech against Philotas, son of one of Alexander's generals
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Lake Bolon
Lake Bolon () is a large freshwater lake in the Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It has an area of 338 km²; it is 70 km long and 20 km wide, and has a maximum depth of about 4 m. It is located on the broad west-bank flood plain of the Amu ...
, in Russia's Khabarovsk Krai
* Bolon, ethnic group in
Mali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Ma ...
* Bolon language, White Bolon and Black Bolon dialects, of the ethnic group in Mali
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Bolon (musical instrument)
The bolon ( bm, ߓߐ߬ߟߐ߲, italics=no) or M'Bolon is a traditional harp played in Mali, as well as Guinea. It was notably played in hunting ceremonies or before a battle, to rouse warriors' valor. It was also used by the Jola in Gambia
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, kind of harp found in Mali
* Comté de Bolon, old name for
Boulon
Boulon () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France ...
, Calvados, France
Surname and given name
The surname Bolon is relatively common in France. Also:
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Andrew Bolon
Andrew Jackson Bolon (c. 1826 – September 25, 1855) was a Bureau of Indian Affairs agent whose 1855 death at the hands of renegade Yakama is considered one of several contributing factors in the outbreak of the Yakima War. Some sources asse ...
(c. 1826–1855), Indian agent whose murder triggered the Plateau Indian War
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Linda Bolon
Linda S. Bolon (born June 22, 1948) is a Democratic politician who served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 1st District from 2007 to 2010 for 2 terms. A lifelong resident of Columbiana County, Mrs. Bolon graduate ...
(born 1948), member of the Ohio House of Representatives
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Bolon B. Turner
Bolon B. Turner (1897 – November 22, 1987) was a judge of the United States Tax Court from 1934 to 1968.
Early life, education, and career
Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, Turner served in the United States Army during World War I, entering as a p ...
(1897–1987), Judge of the United States Tax Court
See also
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Bolón (disambiguation) Bolón may refer to:
* Verónica Bolón-Canedo, Spanish computer scientist
* Peruvian plantain disch tacacho, known in Ecuador as bolón de verde
* Mountain in Elda, Alicante, Spain
* Urban district in Umán Municipality, Mexico
* Waterfall in Chia ...
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:es:Bolón (Yucatán), in
Umán Municipality
Umán Municipality is one of the 106 municipalities in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing (234.30 km2) of land and located roughly 15 km southwest of the city of Mérida. The word "Umán" means “purchase” in the Yucatec M ...
, Mexico
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:es:Monte Bolón or Sierra de Bolón, in
Valencia
Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. The wider urban area al ...
, Spain
** Bolón Ajau, waterfall with a fourteen-meter drop in
Chiapas
Chiapas (; Tzotzil and Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It comprises 124 municipalities ...
** bolón de verde, Ecuadorian dish of roasted plantains,
tacacho
Tacacho is a traditional Peruvian meal that is typically served for breakfast. It is popular in the Amazonas region, where the natives boil or grill plantains, peel them, then mash them in a large wooden mortar. When mashed, the plantains are co ...
* Bölön, old Hungarian name of
Belin, Covasna
Belin ( hu, Bölön, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in Covasna County, Transylvania, Romania composed of two villages: Belin and Belin-Vale (''Bölönpatak'').
Demographics
Belin has a relative Roma majority. At the 2011 census, 46.9 ...
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Bolan (disambiguation)
Bolan may refer to:
People with the surname Bolan
*Betsy Bolan, ''Survivor'' contestant
*George Bolan (1897–1940), American football player
*James S. Bolan (1871–1952), American police commissioner
*Kim Bolan (born 1959), reporter
*Len Bolan ( ...
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