Corona (disambiguation)

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A corona is the outer atmosphere of a star.

Corona may also refer to:

Places

United States

Other places

Corona, a Medieval Latin name variant for Braşov, Romania
Estadio Corona, a Mexican stadium
La Corona, ancient Maya city in Guatemala

People

Name

Corona (surname)

People with the name

Corona (footballer) (born 1981)
Corona Schröter (1751–1802), German musician, singer and composer
Victor and Corona (died c. 170), Christian saints and martyrs

Architecture

Corona, a part of a cornice
The Corona, Canterbury Cathedral, the east end of Canterbury Cathedral, built to contain the shrine of Thomas Becket

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictitious entities

Corona (fictional world), part of R. A. Salvatore's DemonWars novels
Corona, a character in the game Doraemon: Nobita to Mittsu no Seireiseki
Corona, a character in the Spider Riders novels
Corona, a fictional kingdom in the animated film Tangled

Literature

Corona (novel), a Star Trek novel by Greg Bear
"Corona", a poem by Paul Celan
Corona, a short story by Samuel R. Delany

Music

Groups

Corona (band), an Italian music group best known for the hit single "The Rhythm of the Night"
Corona, a group of people at a cantus (Dutch drinking and singing party)
The corona, the circle of clergy or singers who surround the altar; origin of the term choir
The Coronas, a rock band from Dublin

Songs and compositions

"Corona" (song), by The Minutemen
Corona (Takemitsu), a composition by Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu

Other arts, entertainment, and media

La Corona (film), a 2008 short film

Brands and enterprises

Businesses

Corona (company), an Egyptian confectionery and chocolate company
Corona (restaurant), in the Netherlands
Corona Data Systems, a supplier of IBM PC compatible computers in the 1980s
Corona Theatre School, in London
Corona Typewriter Company, merged into Smith Corona in 1926

Products

Corona (beer)
Corona (soft drink)
Corona (software development kit), a mobile app creation tool
Corona, a type of cigar
Corona, the original code name for the Sun Ray thin client workstation
Corona typewriter

Mathematics

Corona theorem (or corona conjecture) about the corona of the unit disk in complex analysis
Corona algebra (or corona) of a C*-algebra
Corona product, a possible result of a binary operation on two graphs
Corona set (or corona) of a topological space
Corona theorem (or corona conjecture) about the corona of the unit disk in complex analysis

Sciences

Astronomy and space science

Corona (optical phenomenon), in which coloured rings appear around the Sun or the Moon

Corona (planetary geology), a planetary feature
Corona (satellite), a 1959–72 United States reconnaissance program

Biology

Corona (gastropod), a genus of large tropical land snails
Corona (perianth), a structure in some plants
Corona, two ciliated anterior lobes of a rotifer

Medicine

Physics

Corona, the last phase of a drop's impact on a liquid surface
Corona discharge or corona effect, an electrical discharge around a conductor
Corona poling, treatment of a material to enhance electro-optic properties

Transport

Automotive

Toyota Corona

Maritime

French frigate Corona (1807), a Hortense-Class ship
MS Svea Corona, a former car–passenger ferry
SS Corona, a Finnish cargo ship built in 1922 and scrapped in 1960
USS Corona (SP-813), a yacht used by the US Navy during World War I

Rail

Corona station, a light rail station in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Corona (LIRR station), former railroad station in Queens, New York City

Other uses

Corona (typeface), a 1941 font
Operation Corona, a British Second World War initiative

See also

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