rona

noun
/ˈɹəʊnə/UK/ˈɹoʊnə/US

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian РОНА (RONA), short for Русская освободительная народная армия (Russkaja osvoboditelʹnaja narodnaja armija)

  1. borrowed from Róna

Definitions

  1. COVID-19.

    • If I caught the rona, I'd make sure I self-isolate for two weeks minimum!
    • “bruh you’re goat, I don’t get a paycheck for another week & even then I think my store is shutting down next week cos of rona,” one Twitter user replied to Lil Nas.
    • The rona is out here getting everyone. NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski first dropped the “Wojbomb” that four Brooklyn Nets players test[ed] positive for COVID-19 but initially didn't release the names of those individuals.
  2. A female given name.

    • "Rona! Corona Mitchell! Corona Margarita! Cuckoo! Where've you gone to?" "Coo—ee!" came in reply from the distance, and presently Rona appeared beckoning vigorously.
    • I feel that I should like if possible to contribute that I am enclosing the usual cheque with the request that you will pass on the usual fiver to Rona [Corona Watson] with my best love.
    • “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.
  3. In Māori mythology, a legendary woman who cursed the moon.

  4. + 5 more definitions
    1. A surname from Hungarian.

    2. South Rona, a small inhabited island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.

    3. North Rona, a small and remote uninhabited island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.

    4. Acronym of return on net assets.

    5. A Nazi puppet army under the command of the Waffen-SS compromising of Russian defectors

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