Ason (disambiguation)

Ason (朝臣) was a prestigious kabane (rank) for former princes in ancient Japan.

Ason, ASON and orthographic variants may also refer to:

Israeli culture

• Ason Hanun-dalet, the 1977 Israeli CH-53 crash that killed 54
• Zihuy Korbanot Ason (ZAKA), a disaster victim relief and identification organisation

Places

Philippines

• Ason, a barangay in Garchitorena, Camarines Sur, Philippines
• Bal-ason, a barangay in Gingoog City, Philippines

Spain

• Asón, Cantabria, a town in Arredondo, Cantabria, Spain
• Asón (river), Catalonia, Spain
• Asón-Agüera, the valley of the Asón River, Cantabria, Spain
• Collados del Asón Natural Park, Cantabria, Spain

Other places

• Ason, two settlements in Myanmar
• Asan, Kathmandu, a ceremonial, market and residential square in Kathmandu, Nepal
• Åsön, former name of the island of Södermalm in Stockholm, Sweden

Physical sciences and technology

• Automatically switched optical network (nowadays Automatic switched-transport network)
• asON, antisense oligonucleotide

People

• Ason (fl. about 1845), a Chinese martial artists, teacher(s) of Kokan Oyadomari
• Ason, Ason Jones and Ason Unique, aliases of the US rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard (1968–2004)
• Ason Kidd, nickname of US basketballer Jason Kidd (born 1973)

Characters

• A character in the Philippine sitcom Home Along Da Riles
• A character in the Philippine-Malaysian soap opera Muli

Other

• Ason (drum), the large drum used in Haitian Vodou drumming
• "Ason Jones", song by US rapper Raekwon on Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II
• Ason, Luming at Teresing, a book in Philippine Children's Television Foundation's Karapatan Ng Bata series
• Inmobiliaria Asón SA, a Spanish real estate company involved with the Torre Picasso
• Naviera Ason SA, a Spanish shipping company; see MV Ranga

See also

• All pages with titles containing Ason