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corona

noun

  1. type of plasma "atmosphere" of the Sun or other celestial body
  2. COVID-19 disease or SARS-CoV-2 virus
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /kəˈɹəʊ.nə/ / /kəˈɹoʊ.nə/ / /kɵˈronɑ/

name

Etymology: 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.

  1. A place in the United States:
  2. A place in the United States:

    “LuLaRoe is laying off 167 employees at a warehouse in Corona, California, on December 20, according to a company filing. […] LuLaRoe confirmed the closing to Business Insider and said it will maintain separate offices in Corona that serve as its headquarters.”

  3. A place in the United States:
  4. A place in the United States:
  5. A place in the United States:

    “We passed through the little town of Corona, New Mexico. It didn’t look any different than in previous years but I had to wonder if its name had caused it any repercussions. I could have stopped and filled up the car there but … / Next year, I promise.”

  6. A place in the United States:
  7. A place in the United States:

    “But it came to pass that I admitted to a certain someone that I reside on the west side of Sioux City, not with my parents in Corona, South Dakota. I was told to get an Iowa license post haste.”

  8. A place in the United States:
  9. A surname from Spanish.

    ““I’m sure their sales are going to be high,” Mayor Daniel Corona told FOX 13 after the vote, adding: “Pun not intended.” / Corona has argued that recreational marijuana would benefit the community, bringing with it 38 jobs and more visitors.”

  10. A female given name.

    ““Scott—Corona Scott.” She stretched to shake his hand across the narrow aisle. “But my friends call me Rona—Corona sounds a bit uppish, so I've been told.” / “Gordon C. McCormick—Gordy,” he introduced himself, giving her another grin.”

  11. A male given name.

    “Tom Hanks has sent a letter and a Corona brand typewriter to an Australian boy who wrote to him about being bullied about his name, Corona. / Corona De Vries, an eight-year-old from the Gold Coast in Queensland, wrote to the Hollywood star after the actor and his wife, Rita Wilson, spent more than two weeks in quarantine after testing positive for Covid-19.”

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish La Corona (literally “The Crown”), a brand of cigars from Havana, Cuba.

  1. A long, straight-sided cigar with a blunt, rounded end.

    “HOWARD: [Entering; cheerfully] Got your coronas, Mr. Goldman! / GOLDMAN: [Glumly, taking the proffered cigars] Thanks, Howie. [Puts all but one in pocket.] / HOWARD: Where's Ma? / GOLDMAN: [Indicating with cigar] Inside the bedroom.”

verb

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.

  1. To surround with a luminous or crownlike ring like the solar corona.

    “The belly dancer shimmied on to the tiny floor, all flashing eyes, black hair coronaed with winking brilliants, undulating bare flesh with tasselled breasts and a turquoise G-string and an imitation ruby in her navel: she was barefooted, wearing a massive glittering anklet which made her look very Circassian and wanton.”

    “He was surrounded, encauled, coronaed with whispering figures. They fleeted in and out of visibility, made of dark light. They entered his body and exited it, they faded up, they ebbed out.”