Ason (disambiguation)

Ason is (朝臣), a prestigious kabane (rank) for former princes in ancient Japanese.

Ason, ASON and orthographic variants may refer to:

In Israeli culture

Ason means "disaster" in Hebrew. It occurs in contexts such as:

• "Al tikh'asi, ze lo ason" (אל תכעסי זה לא אסון), a song by Haim Hefer, performed by the Gesher HaYarkon trio and Bo'az Ma'uda
• Ason Hanun-dalet, the 1977 Israeli CH-53 crash that killed 54
• Judaism and abortion
• Zihuy Korbanot Ason, the disaster victim relief and identification organisation ZAKA

Places

• Ason, two settlements in Burma, most importantly Ason, Kayin State
• Ason, a barangay (ward) in Garchitorena, Camarines Sur, Philippines
• Ason Bazaar near Thamel, Nepal
• Asón-Agüera, the valley of the Asón River
• Asón, Cantabria, a town in Arredondo, Cantabria, Spain
• Asón River in Catalonia, Spain
• Åsön, former name of the island of Södermalm in Stockholm, Sweden
• Bal-ason, a barangay in Gingoog City, Philippines
• Collados del Asón Natural Park at the Asón River

In physical sciences and technology

• Ason, Iranian car built by Kish Khodro
• Ason (drum), the large drum used in Haitian Vodou drumming
• Automatically switched optical network (nowadays Automatic switched-transport network)
• asON, antisense oligonucleotide
• Perley Ason Ross (1883–1938), US physicist
• Sven Ason Berglund, Swedish physicist important in the development of the solar cell (fl. 1914)

Other persons and characters

• Ason (fl. 17th century), a Chinese martial arts teacher, instrumental in the creation of Tomari-te
• Ason (fl. about 1845), one or two Chinese martial artists, teacher(s) of Kokan Oyadomari and Matsumura Sōkon
• Ason, nickname of the character Corazon Madamba (played by Nova Villa) in the Philippine sitcom Home Along Da Riles
• Ason, Odette Khan's character in the Philippine-Malaysian soap opera Muli
• Ason Jones and Ason Unique, aliases of the US rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard
• Ason Kidd, nickname of US basketballer Jason Kidd
• Ason Yellowhair, famous Navajo-US weaver

Other

• Ason, Bengali name of a cloth used to cover the floor for Puja
• Ason de Chinou Up, 2003 PlayStation 2 game
• "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