Colon commonly refers to:
- Colon (punctuation) (:), a punctuation mark
- Colon (anatomy), a major part of the large intestine
- Common inaccurate term for the entire large intestine
Colon or Colón may also refer to:
Places
[edit]- Colon, Michigan, US
- Colon, Nebraska, US
- Colon, North Carolina, US
- Colon Township, Michigan, US
- Kowloon, Hong Kong, spelled "Colon" in older books
- Colón, Panama in:
- Colón Province, Panama
- Colón, Putumayo in Colombia
- Colón, Cuba in Cuba
- Colón, Venezuela in Venezuela
- Colon Street, Cebu City, Philippines
People and fictional characters
[edit]- Colon (singer), Japanese singer
- Colón (surname)
- Colons, another term for Pieds-Noirs (European settlers in French Algeria)
- Augie Colon (1927–2004), American musician
- Delfin Colon (born 1969), American baseball umpire
- Evelyn Colon (1961–1976), formerly unidentified American murder victim
- Filiberto Colon (born 1964), Puerto Rican Olympic swimmer
- Fred Colon, a fictional character in the Discworld universe
- Gilles Colon (born 1981), Haitian Canadian football player
- Gisela Colon (born 1966), American artist
- Harry Colon (born 1969), American football player
- Jacques Colon (born 1944), Belgian Olympic sports shooter
- Javier Colon (born 1978), American singer-songwriter
- Johnny Colon, American salsa musician
- José Antonio Colon (born 1948), Puerto Rican Olympic boxer
- José María Colon (born 1947), Spanish Olympic canoer
- Luis Diaz Colon (born 1952), Puerto Rican politician, mayor of Yabucoa 1993–1997
- Tai Verdes, stage name of American singer-songwriter Tyler Colon (born 1995)
- Trystan Colon (born 1998), American football player
- Victor Colon (born 1972), Puerto Rican Olympic gymnast
- Willie Colon (American football) (born 1983), American football player
Other uses
[edit]- Colon (letter), a colon-like character used as an alphabetic letter
- Colon (rhetoric), a clause which is grammatically, but not logically, complete
- Colon (CONFIG.SYS directive), usage of :label in DR DOS configuration files
- Colon (beetle), a genus of beetles in the family Leiodidae
- Colon (grape), a French wine grape
- Colon classification, a library classification system