Jones 937371 225252506 2008-07-12T18:31:07Z 68.221.34.81 /* Music */ {{wiktionary|Jones}} '''Jones''' is a popular [[surname]] in [[Wales]] and [[England]]. It is the most popular surname in [[Wales]], despite there being no letter "J" in the [[Welsh language]]. This is because "Jones" is in spelling and pronunciation an anglicisation of the Welsh "ap Siôn" (= "Son Of John" = "Johnson"), in which the "Si" is pronounced /ʃ/ like an English "sh". Several English surnames that are common in Wales are similar anglicisations of Welsh [[patronymic]] [[Welsh surnames|surnames]]. Other examples are [[Bowen]], [[Powell]], [[Price]] and [[Pritchard]]. ==People== For all people (including fictional characters) with this surname, see '''[[Jones (surname)]]'''. ==Companies== *[[David Jones Limited]], Australian retailing company *[[Dow Jones & Company]], a publisher and financial information firm *[[Edward Jones Investments]], brokerage firm based out of St. Louis, Missouri *[[Jones Day]], a United States law firm *[[Jones Soda]], an American beverage company based in Washington *[[Jones Intercable]], former cable TV company *[[Peter Jones (department store)]], one of the largest and best known department stores in London ==Education== *[[Bob Jones University]] A university in Greenville, South Carolina *[[Jones College Prep]], a school named after William Jones *[[Jones College]], one of the nine Residential Colleges at Rice University *[[Frankston Jones University]], a newly opened university about 3 hours from [[Melbourne]]. ==Science and mathematics== *[[Jones calculus]], a way of describing polarization in optics *[[Jones Fracture]], a fracture of the fifth metatarsal of the foot *[[Jones' stain]], a type of stain used in pathology *Jones, the unit of [[specific detectivity]] used in [[photodetectors]] ==Buildings== *[[Jones Point Lighthouse]], a lighthouse on the Potomac River in Alexandria, Virginia *[[Nikon at Jones Beach Theater]], an outdoor amphitheatre ==Media== ===Film=== *''[[Black Belt Jones]]'', blaxploitation kung-fu film *[[Carmen Jones]], a 1950s adaptation of the opera [[Carmen]], starring [[Dorothy Dandridge]] and [[Harry Belafonte]] *[[Cleopatra Jones]], another blaxploitation kung-fu film *[[Mr. Jones (film)|''Mr. Jones'' (film)]], a film starring Richard Gere *The [[Indiana Jones franchise]], a series of action films featuring an eponymous archeologist *[[Davy Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean)|Davy Jones]], a fictional character from the [[Pirates of the Caribbean]] films based on a mythological character ===Music=== *[[Mr. Jones]], a song by Counting Crows *[[Nathan Jones]], a song by The Supremes ===Television=== *''[[Alas Smith and Jones]]'', a British comedy series and a name parody of ''Alias Smith and Jones'' *''[[Alias Smith and Jones]]'', a 1970s Western series ===Video games=== * [[Jones in the Fast Lane]] ===Comics=== *''[[Desolation Jones]]'', a comic book *''[[The Ballad of Halo Jones]]'', a comic strip ==Other== *[[Davy Jones' Locker]], an idiom for the bottom of the sea *[[Dow Jones Industrial Average]], a stock market index *"[[Keeping up with the Joneses]]", a phrase that refers to maintaining social appearances of wealth or status *[[Generation Jones]], a name for Americans born between 1954 and 1965 *[[Jonesing]], craving, originally referring to [[drug addiction]], but now extended tongue-in-cheek to include cravings for food and drink {{disambig}} [[br:Jones]] [[de:Jones]] [[es:Jones]] [[fr:Jones]] [[ko:존스]] [[nl:Jones]] [[ja:ジョーンズ]] [[pl:Jones]] [[pt:Jones]] [[ru:Джонс]] [[simple:Jones]] [[fi:Jones]] [[zh:琼斯]]