Crown

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Contents 1 Monarchy 2 Currency 3 Education 4 Music and audio 5 Medicine, dentistry and anatomy 6 Biology 7 Sport and entertainment 8 Motor vehicles 9 Literature and theater 10 Places 11 Other businesses 12 Religion 13 Other

Crown may refer to:

[edit] Monarchy

• The Crown, an abstract concept which represents the legal authority for the existence of a government
• Crown (headgear), the headgear worn by a monarch, other high dignitaries, divinities, etc.
  • Consort crown
  • Coronation crown
  • Crown of Thorns, in Christianity, the headgear placed on Jesus before his execution
  • Hungary's Holy Crown
  • Imperial crown
  • State crown
  • Triple Crown, the Papal Tiara
  • Grass Crown
  • Naval crown
  • Civic Crown
  • Mural crown

[edit] Currency

• British crown coin and/or British half crown coin
• Krone
• Krona
• koruna
• Estonian kroon, the currency of Estonia
• Faroese króna, the currency of the Faroe Islands
• Hungarian korona, former currency of Hungary
• Icelandic króna, the currency of Iceland

[edit] Education

• Crown College, several institutions of higher education
• S.R. Crown Hall, a building at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois

[edit] Music and audio

• Crown Records, a number of different record labels
• The Crown (band), a Swedish death metal band
• Crown Audio, an Elkhart, Indiana manufacturer of pro-audio electronic equipment
• "Crown", a song from Dosage (album), by Collective Soul
• "The Crown", a song by Gary Byrd and the GB Experience, featuring a rap by Stevie Wonder

[edit] Medicine, dentistry and anatomy

• Crown (anatomy), the top of the head
• Crown (dentistry), a dental treatment
• Crown (tooth), a portion of a tooth

[edit] Biology

• Crown (botany), the branching leaf-bearing portion of a tree
• Crown group, a group of living organisms
• Crown Vetch, a plant

[edit] Sport and entertainment

• The Crown, the former name of the U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio
• Crown Casino, a casino in Melbourne, Australia
• Crown Media, a media production company

[edit] Motor vehicles

• Crown Coach Corporation, an American school bus manufacturer
• Ford Crown Victoria, a model of Ford car
• Toyota Crown, a model of Toyota car

[edit] Literature and theater

• Diu Crône, a German Arthurian romance
• Crown (comics), an enemy of Spider-Man
• Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats, a book of photos by Michael Cunningham and Craig Marberry, published in 2000 (ISBN 0-385-50086-6)
• Crowns (play), a drama by playwright Regina Taylor (ISBN 0-8222-1963-8), based on the book Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats

[edit] Places

• Crown, Inverness
• Crown Hill (various places)
• Crown Point (various places)
• Crown Gardens, Gauteng, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa
• Crown North, Gauteng, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa

[edit] Other businesses

• Crown Castle, an American communications company
• Crown Financial Ministries, a non-profit financial services entity
• Crown Publishing Group, a subsidiary of Random House
• Crowne Plaza, an hotel chain
• Crown Wallpaper, a British wallpaper manufacturer

[edit] Religion

• Crown of Immortality

[edit] Other

• Crown, one proposed additional suit (cards)
• Norwegian Crown, a cruise ship
• Lester Crown (born 1926), American businessman
• Crown, the highest part of a tunnel
• Crown, the top piece of a fountain
• The Crown, student newspaper at Redeemer University College