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Definition: FANON

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A term applied to various articles, as: (a) A peculiar striped scarf worn by the pope at mass, and by eastern bishops. (b) A maniple.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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"Fanon" is a common misspelling or typo for: canon, Fanion.

Date "Fanon" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Etymology:Fanon \Fan"on\, noun. [French expression fanon, Late Latin expression fano, from Old High German. fano banner cloth, German fahne banner. See Vane, and compare to Fanion, Gonfalon.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: FANON

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Noun] A sort of ornament like a scarf, worn about the left arm of a mass-priest, when he officiates.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Geography 1: Fanon is geographically located in Burkina. Its features include a populated place (a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work). Its geographic coordinates are 11.683333 degrees North latitude and 2.516667 degrees West longitude. (references)
  2: Fanon is geographically located in C�te d'Ivoire. Its features include an intermittent stream. Its geographic coordinates are 9.383333 degrees North latitude and 5.116667 degrees West longitude. (references)
Wiktionary [Noun] A napkin used by a celebrant during the mass; a maniple. (references)

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Common Expressions: FANON

Expressions Definition
Fanon (fiction) Fanon is a fact or ongoing situation (mostly in fan fiction stories) related to a television program, book, movie, or video game that has been used so much by fan writers or among the fandom that it has been more or less established as having happened in the fictional world, but it has not actually been established as having happened on the show, book or movie itself. Fanon is a portmanteau word of fan and canon. A more negative term for this is fanwankery. (references)
Papal Fanon The fanon is a vestment reserved for the Pope only during a pontifical Mass. It consists of a double mozzetta, one of silk and gold, the first going under the stole and the second over the chasuble and under the pallium. (references)

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Extended Definition: FANON

Fanon

Fanon may refer to:

  • Frantz Fanon, a writer and preeminent thinker on the issue of decolonization
  • Papal Fanon, a silk vestment with red and gold stripes worn by the pope
  • Fanon (fiction), elements which are not in the official canon of a fictional world but are widely believed to be or treated as if they were canonical

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Fanon". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: FANON

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Frantz Fanon 28     Fanon 2
Papal Fanon 11     Frantz Fanon 28
Fanon 2     Papal Fanon 11

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

Translations: FANON

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Bohemian manipulant (handler, fanon, handlers, operator, sampleman). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, fanon. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina manipulant (handler, fanon, handlers, operator, sampleman). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, fanon. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech manipulant (handler, fanon, handlers, operator, sampleman). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, fanon. (volunteer & more translations)
Dutch Frantz Fanon (Frantz Fanon). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, fanon. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: FANON

Language Translations for “fanon” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag fathaganathagon (fanon). Additional references: Athag, fanon. (volunteer)
Double Dutch faganagon (fanon). Additional references: Double Dutch, fanon. (volunteer)
Leet |#/-\/\/0/\/ (fanon). Additional references: Leet, fanon. (volunteer)
Oppish fopanopon (fanon). Additional references: Oppish, fanon. (volunteer)
Pig Latin anonfay (fanon). Additional references: Pig Latin, fanon. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi fubanubon (fanon). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, fanon. (volunteer)
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