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Corona
Corona (from the Latin for 'crown') most commonly refers to:

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a coronavirus responsible for


the 2019–2020 outbreak
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the disease caused by the virus
2019–2020 coronavirus pandemic, the ongoing pandemic
Stellar corona, the outer atmosphere of the Sun or another star
Corona (beer), a Mexican beer

Corona may also refer to:

Architecture
Corona, a part of a cornice Contents
The Corona, Canterbury Cathedral, the east end of Canterbury Architecture
Cathedral, built to contain the shrine of Thomas Becket
Arts and entertainment
Fictional entities
Arts and entertainment Literature
Music
Film
Fictional entities
Games
Corona (fictional world), part of R. A. Salvatore's DemonWars People
novels
Corona, a character in the game Doraemon: Nobita to Mittsu no Places
Seireiseki United States
Corona, a character in the Spider Riders novels Europe
Corona, a fictional kingdom in the animated film Tangled Central America
Corona Mountain, the last level in Super Mario Sunshine Products and companies
Science
Astronomy and space
Literature
Biology
Corona (novel), a Star Trek novel by Greg Bear Mathematics
"Corona", a poem by Paul Celan Physics
"Corona", a short story by Samuel R. Delany
Transport
Maritime
Music Rail
Other uses
Corona (band), an Italian music group best known for the hit
single "The Rhythm of the Night" See also
Corona, a group of people at a cantus (Dutch drinking and
singing party)
The Coronas, a rock band from Dublin
"Corona" (song), by The Minutemen
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Corona (Takemitsu), a composition by Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu


Corona, the circle of clergy or singers who surround the altar, and origin of the term choir
La corona (Gluck), an opera
Corona Capital, music festival

Film
La Corona (film), a 2008 short film

Games
Corona (solitaire), a card game

People
Corona (surname) (including a list of people with the name)
Saint Corona, 2nd-century Christian saint
Corona (footballer) (born 1981), Spanish footballer
Corona Schröter (1751–1802), German musician, singer and composer
Corona Rintawan (born 1975), Indonesian physician

Places

United States
Corona, California, a city in California
Corona, Minnesota, an unincorporated community in Minnesota
Corona, Missouri, an unincorporated community in Missouri
Corona, New Mexico, a village in New Mexico
Corona, Queens, a neighborhood in New York City
Corona, South Dakota, a town in South Dakota
Corona, Tennessee, an unincorporated community in Tennessee

Europe
Brașov (Medieval Latin name Corona), a city in Romania
Corona Theatre School, in London

Central America
Estadio Corona, a Mexican stadium
La Corona, an ancient Maya city in Guatemala

Products and companies


Corona (beer), a Mexican beer brand
Corona (soft drink), a former brand of carbonated drinks
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Corona (confectioner), 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 Typewriter Company, manufacturer of the Corona typewriter, merged into Smith Corona
in 1926
Corona (software), a mobile app creation tool
Corona, a hardware revision of Microsoft's Xbox 360 video game console including "Slim" and "E"
variants

Science

Astronomy and space


Stellar corona, the outer atmosphere of a star
Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown constellation
Corona Australis, the Southern Crown constellation
Corona (optical phenomenon), in which coloured rings appear around the Sun or the Moon
Corona (planetary geology), a planetary feature
Corona (satellite), a 1959–1972 United States reconnaissance program
CORONA (SSTO), a Russian prototype unmanned rocket

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
Corona of glans penis

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 graph product, a possible result of a binary operation on two graphs
Corona set (or corona), of a topological space

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
Toyota Corona, an automobile

Maritime

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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 (Edmonton), a light rail station in Canada
Corona (LIRR station), former railroad station in the US

Other uses
Corona (typeface), a 1941 font
Operation Corona, a British Second World War initiative
Corona, a type of cigar

See also
Carona (disambiguation)
Coroana (disambiguation)
Corona Line (disambiguation)
Korona (disambiguation)
Koruna (disambiguation)
Krona (disambiguation)
Crown (disambiguation)

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