Coon can refer to:

• an abbreviation for raccoon
• the Maine Coon, a breed of domestic american cat
• an ethnic slur used in American, Australian and British English for people of African or aboriginal Australian descent
• Coon cheese, an Australian brand of cheddar cheese
• Coon Carnival, a yearly minstrel festival in Cape Town, South Africa

Places

• Coon Creek Township, Minnesota in the USA,
• Coon Rapids, Iowa in the USA,
• Coon Rapids, Minnesota in the USA,
• Coon Valley, Wisconsin in the USA,
• Coon village in north-east Kilkenny (Ireland) home to St Martin's hurling club. The raccoon ( Procyon lotor) (sometimes spelt as racoon) also known as the common raccoon, North American raccoon, northern raccoon The Maine Coon is one of the largest Breeds of domestic Cat, known for its high intelligence and playfulness as well as its distinctive physical appearance The following is a list of ethnic slurs that are or have been used as insinuations or allegations about members of a given Ethnicity or to refer to them in a derogatory (critical The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Australian English ( AuE, AusE, en-AU) is the form of the English language used in Australia. British English or UK English ( BrE, BE, en-GB) is the broad term used to distinguish the forms of the English language used in the Indigenous Australians are descendants of the first known human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands. COON is the Trademark of a Cheddar cheese produced by the Dairy Farmers company in Australia. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Cheddar is a large Village and Civil parish in the district of Sedgemoor in the English county of Somerset. Cheese is a Food made from Milk, usually the milk of cows, Buffalo, Goats or sheep, by coagulation. Kaapse Klopse (or simply Klopse) is a minstrel Festival that takes place annually in Cape Town, South Africa. Cape Town (Kaapstad Xhosa: Ikapa) is the second most populous city in South Africa, forming part of the metropolitan municipality of the The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa Coon Rapids is a city in Carroll and Guthrie counties in the U Coon Rapids is a city in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States. Coon Valley is a village in Vernon County, Wisconsin, United States.

People

• Carleton Stevens Coon, an American physical anthropologist
• Edward William Coon invented a technique for fast maturation of cheese
• Gene L. Coon was an American screenwriter and television producer
• Jabez Coon (1869-1935), Australian politician
• Jeremy Coon, credited as a producer of Napoleon Dynamite
• Zip Coon, a character created by blackface performer George Washington Dixon, giving rise to the eponymous ethnic slur

Carleton Stevens Coon, ( 23 June 1904 &ndash 3 June 1981) was a American physical anthropologist, Professor of Anthropology COON is the Trademark of a Cheddar cheese produced by the Dairy Farmers company in Australia. Gene L Coon ( 7 January 1924 - 8 July 1973) was an American Screenwriter and Television producer Jabez Coon (1869 &ndash 15 April 1935) was an Australian politician Jeremy Coon was the executive producer and editor of the 2004 film Napoleon Dynamite, which was reputedly made on a $400000 budget and earned over $44 million. " Turkey in the Straw " is a well known American Folk song dating from the early 19th century Blackface in the narrow sense is a style of theatrical Makeup that originated in the United George Washington Dixon (1801?–March 2 1861 was an American singer stage actor and Newspaper editor. The following is a list of ethnic slurs that are or have been used as insinuations or allegations about members of a given Ethnicity or to refer to them in a derogatory (critical

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