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KFC stands for KAI FOR COONS

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 (Template:Lang-grc-gre, 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, a racial slur, used pejoratively to refer to a dark-skinned person of African, Australian Aboriginal, or Pacific island heritage, in usage mainly from the late 19th century until the 1970s
• 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

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

See also

• Coons (disambiguation)
• Coone (born 1983), a Belgian hardstyle musician and DJ
• Coonhound, a type of scent hound
• Koon (disambiguation)

• Disambiguation pages
• Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists