Chinon (disambiguation)
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Chinon may refer to
Not to be confused with:
- a town in France, see ChinonChinonChinon is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France well known for Château de Chinon.In the Middle Ages, Chinon developed especially during the reign of Henry II . The castle was rebuilt and extended, becoming one of his favorite residences...
- a castle in Chinon, France, see Chinon (castle)Chinon (castle)Chinon is a castle located on the bank of the Vienne river in Chinon, France.-History:The importance of Chinon derives from its position on the bank of the Vienne river in Chinon, France just before it joins the Loire...
- Château-Chinon (disambiguation), two communes of the Nièvre département, in France.
- Chinon IndustriesChinon Industrieswas a Japanese camera manufacturer. Kodak took a majority stake in the company in 1997, and made it a fully owned subsidiary of Kodak Japan, , in 2004 . As a subsidiary, it continues to develop digital camera models....
, Japanese camera manufacturer.
Not to be confused with:
- QuinoneQuinoneA quinone is a class of organic compounds that are formally "derived from aromatic compounds [such as benzene or naphthalene] by conversion of an even number of –CH= groups into –C– groups with any necessary rearrangement of double bonds," resulting in "a fully conjugated cyclic dione structure."...
- a class of organic compounds. ( Chinon is the German and Polish term for one unspecific molecule from among the quinones. )