Adon (disambiguation)
Adon (אדון) is the Northwest Semitic for "lord", mostly used of deities. It may also refer to:
- in the Tanakh Adon may be used for men and angels as well as to El
- Adonai "my lord" in Jewish tradition is used as a euphemism to refer to God
- Greek Adonis, an adoption of Tammuz
- in geography
- a town in Loiret (France), see Adon, Loiret.
- Adon, Burma
- in popular culture
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