Alon
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Alon can be several things:
  • Alon (אַלוֹן (Hebrew)), a Hebrew name meaning "oak
    Oak
    An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus , of which about 600 species exist. "Oak" may also appear in the names of species in related genera, notably Lithocarpus...

    " as in oak tree
  • Alon Corporation, an aircraft manufacturer
  • Alon USA
    Alon USA
    Alon USA Energy Inc. or Alon USA . Alon USA Energy, Inc. is headquartered in Dallas, Texas and engages in refining and marketing petroleum products primarily in the southwestern and south central regions of the United States. Alon USA was formed after Alon Israel Oil Company Ltd, the largest...

     Corporation, Oil Company
  • aluminium oxynitride
    Aluminium oxynitride
    Aluminium oxynitride or AlON is a transparent polycrystalline ceramic with cubic spinel crystal structure composed of aluminium, oxygen and nitrogen. It is currently marketed under the name ALON by Surmet Corporation. ALON is optically transparent in the near ultra violet, visible and near...

     (AlON), known under the trade name ALON
  • Alon Fellowship, a prestigious fellowship awarded by the Israeli academy of science.

By surname

  • Gedaliah Alon
    Gedaliah Alon
    -Biography:Alon was born in 1901 in Kobryn, Belarus .In 1924, he studied for a year at Berlin University and, in 1926, he emigrated to the British Mandate of Palestine and continued his studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem...

    , Israeli historian
  • Noga Alon
    Noga Alon
    Noga Alon is an Israeli mathematician noted for his contributions to combinatorics and theoretical computer science, having authored hundreds of papers.- Academic background :...

    , Israeli mathematician
  • Yigal Alon, see Yigal Allon
    Yigal Allon
    Yigal Allon was an Israeli politician, a commander of the Palmach, and a general in the IDF. He served as one of the leaders of Ahdut HaAvoda party and the Israeli Labor party, and acting Prime Minister of Israel, and was a member of the Knesset and government minister from the 10th through the...

    , Israeli politician
  • Shlomi Alon, Sax/flute/singer in Hadag Nachash, Israeli hip hop group.

See also

  • Ayalon (disambiguation)
  • Ajalon (disambiguation)
    Ajalon (disambiguation)
    Ajalon may refer to:* Ajalon , A Christian Progressive music trio from Seattle, USA* Ajalon, a town and valley location in ancient Israel- See also :* Ayalon * Alon * Allon...

  • Aloni (Alloni)
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