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'''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
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