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== People == == People ==
* ] * ]
* ] ({{lang-grc-gre|Κόων|links=no}}, {{lang|grc|Κόωνος}}), a Trojan warrior who during the Trojan War wounded Agamemnon * ] ({{langx|grc|Κόων|links=no}}, {{lang|grc|Κόωνος}}), a Trojan warrior who during the Trojan War wounded Agamemnon


== Arts, entertainment, and media== == Arts and entertainment==
===Television===
* "]", a 2010 episode of American animated series ''South Park'' * "]", a 2010 episode of American animated series ''South Park''
* "]", a 2009 episode of American animated series ''South Park'' * "]", a 2009 episode of American animated series ''South Park''
===Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media===
* ] or Conquian, a card game * ] or Conquian, a card game


== Racially charged usage== == Slang ==
* Coon, a ], used pejoratively to refer to a dark-skinned person of African heritage, in usage mainly from the late 19th century until the 1970s * ], racial slur used pejoratively to refer to a dark-skinned person of African, Indigenous Australian, or Pacific islander heritage
* Coon Carnival, the original name for the ], a yearly minstrel festival in Cape Town, South Africa
* ], a former American restaurant chain whose trademarks and entrances were designed to look like a smiling blackface caricature of an African-American porter * ], a former American restaurant chain whose trademarks and entrances were designed to look like a smiling blackface caricature of an African-American porter
* Coon hunting, a ] referring to seeking to recapture escaped slaves or searching for African-Americans to victimise or assault
* ], a genre of music that presented a stereotyped image of black people * ], a genre of music that presented a stereotyped image of black people
* ] or Coon-ass, an epithet used in reference to a person of Cajun ethnicity * ] or Coon-ass, an epithet used in reference to a person of Cajun ethnicity


== Other uses == == Other uses ==
* ], a cheddar cheese produced by the National Foods company in Australia, trademarked COON * ], formerly Coon cheese, an Australian brand of cheese
* ], a shortened form of the sport of raccoon hunting * ], a shortened form of the sport of raccoon hunting


== See also == == See also ==
* ] * ]
* ] (born 1983), hard style and jumpstyle musician * ] (born 1983), a Belgian hardstyle musician and DJ
* ], a type of scent hound * ], a type of scent hound
* ] * ]

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Coon may refer to:

Fauna

Butterflies

  • Coon, common name of the butterfly Astictopterus jama
  • Coon, species group of the butterfly genus Atrophaneura, now genus Losaria
  • Coon, common name of the butterfly Psolos fuligo

Mammals

  • Coon, an alternative name for Maine Coon, a breed of domestic cat
  • Coon, a diminutive of raccoon

People

  • Coon (surname)
  • Coön (Ancient Greek: Κόων, Κόωνος), a Trojan warrior who during the Trojan War wounded Agamemnon

Arts and entertainment

  • "Coon 2: Hindsight", a 2010 episode of American animated series South Park
  • "The Coon", a 2009 episode of American animated series South Park
  • Coon Can or Conquian, a card game

Slang

  • Coon (slur), racial slur used pejoratively to refer to a dark-skinned person of African, Indigenous Australian, or Pacific islander heritage
  • Coon Carnival, the original name for the Kaapse Klopse, a yearly minstrel festival in Cape Town, South Africa
  • Coon Chicken Inn, a former American restaurant chain whose trademarks and entrances were designed to look like a smiling blackface caricature of an African-American porter
  • Coon song, a genre of music that presented a stereotyped image of black people
  • Coonass or Coon-ass, an epithet used in reference to a person of Cajun ethnicity

Other uses

  • Cheer cheese, formerly Coon cheese, an Australian brand of cheese
  • Coon hunting, a shortened form of the sport of raccoon hunting

See also

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