from Wikipedia:
Pylon may refer to:
Structures
Aircraft pylon, a vertical structure used to mount external equipment such as engines and weapons ("stores") externally on an aircraftPylon (architecture), the gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple or Christian cathedralPylon, a support structure for suspension bridges or highways - see transportation support towerElectricity pylon, or transmission tower, a steel lattice tower used to support an overhead power line
Marker
Traffic pylon, or traffic cone, a cone-shaped marker that is placed on roads or footpaths to temporarily redirect trafficAn orange marker designating one of four corners of an American football end zone
Entertainment
Pylon (band), a rock band from Athens, Georgia, USA named after the William Faulkner novel of the same namePylon (novel), a 1935 novel by the American author William Faulkner
Other
Pylons (web framework), an open source web application framework written in PythonPylon Peak, a mountain in southwestern British Columbia, CanadaPylon turn, a flight maneuver in which an aircraft banks into a circular turn around a fixed spot on the ground