Adon
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- Adon is the Northwest Semitic for "lord" [1] (Ugaritic adn, c.f. Akkadian adannu "mighty") ( also see Baal)
- in the Tanakh, Adon may be used for men and angels as well as to El, (e.g., Exodus 34:23). El is called the “Lord of lords” (Deuteronomy 10:17)
- Adonai "my lord" in Masoretic tradition is used as a euphemism to refer to YHWH of the Hebrew Bible and in Judeo-Christian monotheism a term for God.
- Greek Adonis, an adoption of Tammuz
- in geography
- a town in Loiret (France), see Adon, Loiret.
- Adon, Burma
- in popular culture
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Adon is a name of a person(female)in Rongmei tribe of Naga. 'Adon' literally means someone who stores or gathers.
