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corona

noun
/kəˈɹəʊ.nə/UK/kəˈɹoʊ.nə/US/kɵˈronɑ/

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. borrowed from La Corona
  2. derived from Corōna
  3. borrowed from corona — “crown”
  4. borrowed from corona
  5. borrowed from corona — “crown”
  6. borrowed from corona
  7. borrowed from corona — “crown, wreath”
  8. derived from corōna — “crown”

Definitions

  1. A large, round, pendent chandelier, with spikes around its upper rim to hold candles or…

    A large, round, pendent chandelier, with spikes around its upper rim to hold candles or lamps, usually hung from the roof of a church.

    • The magnificent bronze corona, or luminaria, which still hangs in the central octagon, shews the skill of the workmen in bronze of that period.

  2. An upper or crownlike portion of certain parts of the body.

  3. The large, flat, projecting member of a cornice which crowns the entablature, situated…

    The large, flat, projecting member of a cornice which crowns the entablature, situated above the bed moulding and below the cymatium.

    • Though somewhat verbose, the author is specific in his instruction that the S-shaped crown molding, the cymarecta, caps the top of the pediment and is not returned on the horizontal corona.
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    1. The luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun (the solar corona) or other star, extending…

      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.

      • The corona is a high-temperature portion of the Sun's outer atmosphere, beginning slightly above the visible surface and extending hundreds of thousands of kilometers, or further, into interplanetary space.

    2. An oval-shaped astrogeological feature, present on both the planet Venus and Uranus's…

      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.

      • The area density of impact craters on the surfaces of the coronas suggests that the episode of tidal heating occurred approximately one billion years ago[…].

    3. Any luminous or crownlike ring around an object or person.

      • It looked like a miniaturized version of Hiroshima. Fires burned here and there. […] His once and future presidential palace was a crater ringed by a corona of flaming debris.
      • [Dale] Hawkins is a tall man, angular and knobby, with a rubbery, animated face and a corona of wavy gray hair, which he wears wet-combed back in a modified old-time pompadour.
      • Vigil sat across from her, leaning against the wall of what looked like a cave, his corona glowing dimly.

    4. Any appendage of an organism that resembles a crown or corona (sense 4.1).

    5. A luminous appearance caused by corona discharge, often seen as a bluish glow in the air…

      A luminous appearance caused by corona discharge, often seen as a bluish glow in the air adjacent to pointed metal conductors carrying high voltages.

    6. A circle or set of circles visible around a bright celestial object, especially the Sun…

      A circle or set of circles visible around a bright celestial object, especially the Sun or the Moon, attributable to an optical phenomenon produced by the diffraction of its light by small water droplets or tiny ice crystals.

      • The increasing light eventually erases the moon's glowing corona, her pendant chandelier of light pales into insignificance as the new day breaks.

    7. A mineral zone, consisting of one or more minerals, which surrounds another mineral or…

      A mineral zone, consisting of one or more minerals, which surrounds another mineral or lies at the interface of two minerals, typically in a radial arrangement; a reaction rim.

      • Green hornblende is abundant at the rims of chlorite coronas in contact with amphibole-filled cracks, whereas it is minor (but not absent) in coronas in contact with chlorite-filled cracks.

    8. A manifestation of secondary syphilis, consisting of papular lesions along the hairline,…

      A manifestation of secondary syphilis, consisting of papular lesions along the hairline, often bordering the scalp in the manner of a crown.

    9. A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.

      • From the remark of Servius [i.e., Maurus Servius Honoratus] (ad Aen. v. 269) it appears that coronae adorned with lemnisci were a greater distinction than those without them.
      • Though men typically did not wear hats, they could wear a ceremonial form of headwear known as a corona, or crown. Like many areas of Roman dress, there were strict rules about wearing coronas.

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

      • 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.

    11. A coronavirus, especially SARS-CoV-2.

      • The recent surge of deaths due to corona reveals the shortcomings of our current healthcare system.
      • Although this study was restricted to the human coronaviruses, these basic properties apply to all known animal and human coronas (results not shown).

    12. A disease caused by a coronavirus, especially COVID-19.

      • She caught corona last week.
      • His wife, Varda, told Geo News: “Tariq passed away in the blessed month of Ramadan in the line of duty. Even after he had developed symptoms of corona and isolated at home, he continued to do telephone clinics.”

    13. A series of sonnets linked together such that the last word of each is the first word of…

      A series of sonnets linked together such that the last word of each is the first word of the next.

      • But the poets of Siena, and particularly the Academy of the Intronati, found the proper way of constructing coronas—since the ones mentioned above should really be called sequences ['catene'] rather than coronas.
      • [Lady Mary] Wroth alludes to these contexts as the corona of sonnets that crowns the sequence opens: "In this strang labourinth how shall I turne?" (Wroth, Poems 127).

    14. 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.

    15. A place in the United States

      A place in the United States:

    16. A surname from Spanish.

    17. 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.

    18. A male given name.

    19. A pale lager beer produced by Mexican brewery Grupo Modelo, commonly served with a wedge…

      A pale lager beer produced by Mexican brewery Grupo Modelo, commonly served with a wedge of lime or lemon in the neck of the bottle.

      • He ordered two Coronas at the bar.

    20. Alternative letter-case form of corona (“a coronavirus, especially SARS-CoV-2”).

    21. Alternative letter-case form of corona (“a disease caused by a coronavirus, especially…

      Alternative letter-case form of corona (“a disease caused by a coronavirus, especially COVID-19”).

    22. Alternative letter-case form of corona (“a long, straight-sided cigar with a blunt,…

      Alternative letter-case form of corona (“a long, straight-sided cigar with a blunt, rounded end”).

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Derived

anticorona, bicorona, corona algebra, corona baby, corona conjecture, coronad, corona discharge, corona effect, coronagraph, coronagraphy, coronal rain, corona method, corona poling, corona ring, corona set, corona shield, coronasomnia, corona theorem, corona tube, coronavirus, coronectomy, coronite, coronium, coronoapical, coronograph, coronule, corotron, E-corona, F-corona, geocorona, hebesphenomegacorona, K-corona, multicorona, protein corona, solar corona, sphenocorona, sphenomegacorona, tricorona, ultracorona, corona belly · +8 more

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for corona. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA