Canon
Canon may refer to:
Culture and arts
Canon (fiction), material that is considered to be "genuine", "something that actually happened", or can be directly referenced as material produced by the original author or creator.
Canon (music), a contrapuntal composition which employs a melody with one or more imitations
Pachelbel's Canon
Canon (hymnography), a type of Eastern Orthodox hymn
Canon as a number of art masterpieces:
Western canon, the books, music, and art that have been the most influential in shaping Western culture
Chinese classics or Chinese canonical texts
Film canon, the limited number of masterpieces by which all other films are judged
Aesthetic canon, when drawing/moddeling etc. a human figure, a rule for its proportions.
Geography
Canon, Georgia, a city in Franklin County, Georgia, United States
Cañon or canyon, a deep valley between cliffs
Religion
Canon law: Canon law (Catholic Church)
Penitential canons
Religious canons: Biblical canon
Taoist canon or Daozang
Pāli Canon
Chinese Buddhist canon
Tibetan Buddhist canon
Canon of the Mass, the Eucharistic Prayer of the Roman Rite
or Canon (priest), a Christian priest who belongs to one of certain chapters
Names
Canon is the name of: Canon (company), a Japanese imaging and optical products corporation
Canon (manga), a shōjo manga by Chika Shiomi
Canon (game), an online Browser-based strategy war game
The Canon of Medicine, a medical text written by Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
Canon of Eclipses, a compilation eclipses by Theodor Ritter von Oppolzer
Others
Canon (sociology), an accepted principle or rule.
Translation
The word "Canon" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Welsh, Spanish, French, Dutch, Simple English, Walloon, Chinese.
Translation(s) in other languages: Bulgarian: Канон, Catalan: Cànon, Czech: Kánon, Danish: Kanon, German: Kanon, Estonian: Kaanon, West Frisian: Kanon, Korean: 카논, Italian: Canone, Hebrew: קאנון, Hungarian: Kánon, Japanese: カノン, Norwegian (Bokmål): Kanon (andre betydninger), Norwegian (Nynorsk): Kanon, Polish: Kanon, Russian: Канон, Sicilian: Cànuni, Slovak: Kánon, Serbian: Канон, Finnish: Kaanon, Swedish: Kanon (olika betydelser), Thai: แคนอน.
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