Cannon (disambiguation)

A cannon is any large tubular firearm designed to fire a heavy projectile over a considerable distance. It can also refer to the device propelling a human cannonball.

Cannon may also refer to:

Places

Greenland

The Moon

United Kingdom

United States

Businesses

  • Cannon (ITT Corporation), a manufacturer of cables, switches and connectors
  • Cannon (automobile), an automobile produced from 1902–06
  • Cannon Mills, a textile manufacturer
  • Cannon Films, a now-defunct motion picture studio
  • CannonDesign, an architectural firm founded in 1945

Media

Music

Other uses

  • Cannon (surname)
  • Cannon, a British/Canadian term for a snooker or billiards shot
  • Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, US
  • Cannon bone, a bone in the forelimb of a horse
  • Cannon School, a private school in North Carolina, US
  • Great Cannon, a cyberweapon used by the Chinese government
  • Old Jeremiah, British naval gun, affectionately referred to as The Cannon
  • USS Cannon (DE-99), a 1943 World War II United States destroyer
  • Hail cannon, a shock wave generator claimed to disrupt the formation of hailstones in the atmosphere
  • Ohio Cannon, a professional American football team in 1999

See also

  • Canon (disambiguation)
  • Cannon or XLR connector
  • Western canon, denotes a body of works traditionally accepted by Western scholars as important in shaping Western culture
  • Cannon Lake (disambiguation)
  • Cannons Creek (disambiguation)
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