coon – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
coon
n.
raccoon (small nocturnal mammal); black person (derogatory)
Coon
Coon may refer to:
- Coon, a diminutive of raccoon
- Coon, an alternative name for Maine Coon, a breed of domestic cat
- Coön (Κόων, Κόωνος), a Trojan warrior who fought in the Trojan War
- Coon cheese, is the trademark of a cheddar cheese produced by the National Foods company in Australia
- Coon Carnival, a yearly minstrel festival in Cape Town, South Africa
- "The Coon", an episode of U.S. animated series South Park
- Coon, a racial slur, used pejoratively to refer to a black person, especially an African-American or Australian Aboriginal
- Coon Chicken Inn
Coön
In
Greek mythology,
Coön (Κόων,
gen. Κόωνος), also known as
Cynon (Κύνων), was the eldest son of
Antenor who, like most of his brothers, fought and fell in the
Trojan War. In the
Iliad, he confronted Agamemnon over the body of his brother
Iphidamas and wounded the opponent in the arm, but Agamemnon struck back and chopped Coon's head off. The fight between Agamemnon and Coon was depicted on the chest of
Cypselus according to
Pausanias.
Coon cheese
coon
Noun
1. an eccentric or undignified rustic; "I'll be a gone coon when the battle starts"
(hypernym) rustic
2. (ethnic slur) offensive name for a Black person; "only a Black can call another Black a nigga"
(synonym) nigger, nigga, spade, jigaboo, nigra
(hypernym) Black, Black person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroid
(classification) ethnic slur
3. North American raccoon
(synonym) common raccoon, common racoon, ringtail, Procyon lotor
(hypernym) raccoon, racoon
Coon
(n.)
A raccoon. See Raccoon.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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