Niphon
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Niphon can refer to:
- JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
(Nippon, Nihon) or the main island HonshūHonshuis the largest island of Japan. The nation's main island, it is south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Strait... - USS Niphon (1863)USS Niphon (1863)USS Niphon was a steam operated vessel acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries....
, a steam ship of Union Navy in the American Civil War - Patriarch Niphon of AlexandriaPatriarch Niphon of Alexandria-References:...
- Patriarch Nephon I of ConstantinoplePatriarch Nephon I of ConstantinopleNephon I was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1310 to 1314. From Veria, Greece, he was a lover of luxury and ill-suited for the position. During his time as patriarch the Arsenite schism was healed within the Byzantine Church. Nephon abdicated the throne after four years....
- Patriarch Nephon II of ConstantinoplePatriarch Nephon II of ConstantinopleNephon II, , born Nicholas, was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople three times: from 1486 to 1488, from 1497 to 1498 and for a short time in 1502...
(Saint Niphon) - Niphon Phanporm, a Thai footballer