corona
UK /kəˈɹəʊ.nə/ · US /kəˈɹoʊ.nə/ noun, verb, proper noun
Forms coronas coronae coronaing coronaed corone coronæ
- noun A large, round, pendent chandelier, with spikes around its upper rim to hold candles or lamps, usually hung from the roof of a church.
- noun A region of the skull located along the coronal suture, at the junction between the frontal bone and the two parietal bones.
- noun The external (supragingival) portion of the tooth, covered by enamel; the crown.
- noun The circumference of the base of the glans penis in human males.
- noun (architecture) The large, flat, projecting member of a cornice which crowns the entablature, situated above the bed moulding and below the cymatium.
- noun The luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun (the solar corona) or other star, extending millions of kilometres into space, most easily seen during a total solar eclipse.
- noun (also geology) An oval-shaped astrogeological feature, present on both the planet Venus and Uranus's moon Miranda, probably formed by upwellings of warm material below the surface.
- noun (by extension) Any luminous or crownlike ring around an object or person.
- verb (transitive, rare) To surround with a luminous or crownlike ring like the solar corona.
- noun (informal, also attributively) A coronavirus, especially SARS-CoV-2. “The recent surge of deaths due to corona reveals the shortcomings of our current healthcare system.”
- noun (informal, also attributively) A disease caused by a coronavirus, especially COVID-19. “She caught corona last week.”
- noun (poetry) A series of sonnets linked together such that the last word of each is the first word of the next.
- noun A long, straight-sided cigar with a blunt, rounded end.
- proper noun An unincorporated community in Walker County, Alabama.
- proper noun A city in Riverside County, California.
- proper noun An unincorporated community in Carlton County, Minnesota.
- proper noun An unincorporated community in Oregon County, Missouri.
- proper noun A village in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
- proper noun A neighborhood of the borough of Queens in New York City, New York.
- proper noun A town in Roberts County, South Dakota.
Synonyms
corona lucis corona glandis penis corona glandis drip larmier corona veneris crown of Venus rona aureole corona discharge corposant St. Elmo's fire Saint Elmo's fire Saint Elmo's light Saint Ulmo's fire Saint Ulmo's light electric glow
Etymology
The noun is borrowed from Latin corōna (“crown; garland, wreath”), from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “type of crown; curved object (door handle, tip of a bow, stern of a ship, etc.)”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). The English word is a doublet of crown, korona, koruna, krona, króna, and krone.
The plural form coronae is borrowed from Latin corōnae.
The verb is derived from the noun.
A clipping of coronavirus, ultimately from etymology 1.
Borrowed from Spanish La Corona (literally “The Crown”), a brand of cigars from Havana, Cuba.
All ultimately from Latin corōna (“crown”).
* (Corona, California): From Spanish corona (“crown, wreath”), chosen to play upon a unique feature of the city, the one-mile diameter drive that circled the center of the town.
* (Corona, New Mexico):
* (Corona, South Dakota): May be a transfer from Corona, Queens.
* (Corona, Queens): One theory is that it was renamed by music producer Benjamin W. Hitchcock, a developer who renamed the area in 1872 and sold off land for residential development. Another theory is that real estate developer Thomas Waite Howard, who became the first postmaster in 1872, petitioned to have the post office name changed to Corona in 1870, suggesting that it was the “crown of Queens County”. A third theory is that it is derived from the crown used as an emblem by the Crown Building Company, which is said to have developed the area. The Italian immigrants who moved into the new housing stock referred to the neighborhood by Italian corona or Spanish corona (“crown”).
* (surname): 1. From Spanish corona and Italian corona (“crown”), perhaps applied as a habitational name for someone who lived in a house with this sign, or as a nickname for someone who had a tonsure in fulfillment of a religious vow or who had influence and power. 2. From Italian Corona, a female given name, of the same derivation.
* (given name): From Late Latin Corōna, meaning “crown”.
* (beer): From Spanish corona (“crown”).
* (coronavirus): Clipping of coronavirus, from corona + virus.
* (cigar): From Spanish La Corona (literally “The Crown”), the name of a brand.
Webster’s 1913
- noun A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.
- noun The projecting part of a Classic cornice, the under side of which is cut with a recess or channel so as to form a drip. See Illust. of Column.
Etymology [L. corona crown. See Crown.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “corona”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details