Colon (disambiguation)
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Colon may refer to:

• from Greek κολον "intestine, sausage"
  • Colon (anatomy)

• from Greek κωλον "portion"
  • Colon (rhetoric), a clause which is grammatically, but not logically, complete
  • Colon (punctuation)

• French colons for "colonists", see Pieds-noirs

toponymy

• Colon Township, Michigan, in St. Joseph County, Michigan, United States
  • Colon, Michigan, a village located within Colon Township
• Colon, Nebraska, a village in Saunders County, Nebraska, United States
• from Colón, the Spanish name of Christopher Columbus (from the Italian surname Colombo "dove")
  • Colón, Panama

proper names:

• Cristóbal Colón, the Spanish rendering of Christopher Columbus
• Colon classification, a library classification system
• Colon, an alternative name used in France for wine made from the Gros Verdot grape

in popular culture

• Fred Colon, a Discworld character

See also

• Colón (disambiguation)
• Cologne (disambiguation)

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