Don Explained

Don, don or DON and variants may refer to:

Places

• Don (river), a river in European Russia
• Don River (disambiguation), several other rivers with the name
• Don, Benin, a town in Benin
• Don, Dang, a village and hill station in Dang district, Gujarat, India
• Don, Nord, a commune of the Nord département in northern France
• Don, Tasmania, a small village on the Don River, located just outside Devonport, Tasmania
• Don, Trentino, a commune in Trentino, Italy
• Don, West Virginia, a community in the United States
• Don Republic, a temporary state in 1918–1920
• Don Jail, a jail in Toronto, Canada
• DON, Chapman code for County Donegal, Ireland

People and characters

Role or title

• Don (honorific), a Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian title, given as a mark of respect
• Don (academia), a fellow or tutor of a college or university in the U.K. and elsewhere
• Don, a crime boss, especially in the Mafia

People with the name

• Don (given name), a short form of the masculine given name Donald in Scots and English
• Don (nickname)
• George Don (1798–1856), Scottish botanist
• Khadi Don (born 1996), American comedian and actress

Fictional characters

• Don (character), the main character of the Don franchise, a gangster
• Don Wada, one of the main protagonists of the Taiko no Tatsujin series
• Don Dogoier, character in Japanese television series Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger

Arts, entertainment, media

Films

• Don (2003 film), an Indian Kanada-language film by P. N. Sathya
• Don (2006 Dutch film), by Arend Steenbergen
• Don (2007 film), an Indian Telugu-language film starring Akkineni Nagarjuna and Anushka
  • Don Number One, a 2012 Bangladeshi film starring Shakib Khan, remake of the 2007 film
• Don Seenu, a 2010 Indian Telugu-language film, titled Don in Hindi
• Don (franchise), an Indian gangster film franchise
  • Don (1978 film), by Chandra Barot
  • Don (2006 Hindi film), a remake by Farhan Akhtar of the 1978 film
    • Don (soundtrack), for the 2006 film by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
  • Don 2, 2011 sequel to the 2006 film
    • , video game based on the 2011 film
• Don (2022 film), an Indian Tamil-language film by Cibi Chakaravarthi

Television

• Don (TV series), a 2007 Indian reality TV series
• "Don", an episode in Regular Show

Music

• "Don", a song by Miranda! from their 2004 album Sin Restricciones
• "Don", a song by Trippie Redd, 2020

Other uses in art and entertainment

• Battle Stadium D.O.N, a video game

Military and defense

• Department of the Navy (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 (or DON), a reconnaissance satellite

Science

Chemistry

• Dissolved Organic Nitrogen, or DON
• 2,5-Dimethoxy-4-nitroamphetamine, a recreational drug
• 6-Diazo-5-oxo-L-norleucine, an enzyme inhibitor
• Deoxynivalenol, a mycotoxin

Biology

• "-don" a suffix in the scientific names of many animals, meaning "tooth"
• Dysbaric osteonecrosis, death of a portion of bone
• Russian Don, a horse breed

Other uses

• Dôn, a mother goddess in Welsh mythology
• don (unit), a Korean unit of weight
• Donburi, or don, a Japanese rice bowl dish
• Tropical Storm Don (2011)
• Director of nursing (long term care facility)
• Director of nursing (other uses)

See also

• The Don (disambiguation)
• Don Bridge (disambiguation)
  • • Dom (disambiguation)
• Dons (disambiguation)
• Donald (disambiguation)