Corona

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Corona f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Orthalicidae – certain pulmonate land snails endemic to South America.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Liliaceae – now included in Fritillaria.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Gastropoda – class; Heterobranchia - subclass; Eupulmonata - superorder; Stylommatophora - order; Orthalicoidea - superfamily; Orthalicidae - family

• (genus): Corona atramentarius, Corona loroisiana, Corona perversa, Corona pfeifferi, Corona regalis, Corona regina, Corona ribeiroi, Corona rosenbergi - species

gastropod

• Corona (gastropod) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Corona (mollusc) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Orthalicidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Corona available from http://www.irmng.org at VLIZ.03 Rees, T. (compiler) (2017). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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): (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
• (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.^[1]
• (given name): From Late Latin Corōna, meaning “crown”.^[2]
• (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.

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Corona

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Corona

1. A place in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Walker County, Alabama.
   2. A city in Riverside County, California.
      • 2019 October 28, Hayley Peterson, “LuLaRoe plans to lay off 167 warehouse workers amid legal battle”, in Business Insider‎:

        LuLaRoe is laying off 167 employees at a warehouse in Corona, California, on December 20, according to a company filing. […] LuLaRoe confirmed the closing to Business Insider and said it will maintain separate offices in Corona that serve as its headquarters.

   3. An unincorporated community in Carlton County, Minnesota.
   4. An unincorporated community in Oregon County, Missouri.
   5. A village in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
      • 2020 April 19, Bill Moor, “Sports legends and current thoughts”, in South Bend Tribune‎:

        We passed through the little town of Corona, New Mexico. It didn’t look any different than in previous years but I had to wonder if its name had caused it any repercussions. I could have stopped and filled up the car there but … / Next year, I promise.

   6. A neighborhood of the borough of Queens in New York City, New York.
   7. A town in Roberts County, South Dakota.
      • 2018 December 27, Mason Dockter, “A South Dakota man reflects on getting his Iowa license”, in Sioux City Journal‎:

        But it came to pass that I admitted to a certain someone that I reside on the west side of Sioux City, not with my parents in Corona, South Dakota. I was told to get an Iowa license post haste.

   8. An unincorporated community in Tipton County, Tennessee, on the Arkansas side of the Mississippi.
2. A surname from Spanish.
   • 2018 November 20, “‘Sales are going to be high’: West Wendover approves the sale of recreational marijuana”, in The Salt Lake Tribune‎:

     “I’m sure their sales are going to be high,” Mayor Daniel Corona told FOX 13 after the vote, adding: “Pun not intended.” / Corona has argued that recreational marijuana would benefit the community, bringing with it 38 jobs and more visitors.

3. A female given name.
   • 2011, M. R. Tighe, Judgment on Tartarus, Tucson, AZ: Wheatmark, →ISBN, page 3:

     “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.

4. A male given name.
   • 2020 April 24, “Tom Hanks pens heartfelt letter to bullied Australian boy named Corona”, in The Guardian‎:

     Tom Hanks has sent a letter and a Corona brand typewriter to an Australian boy who wrote to him about being bullied about his name, Corona. / Corona De Vries, an eight-year-old from the Gold Coast in Queensland, wrote to the Hollywood star after the actor and his wife, Rita Wilson, spent more than two weeks in quarantine after testing positive for Covid-19.

 Corona (beer) on Wikipedia

Corona (countable and uncountable, plural Coronas)

1. 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.
   • 2001, Paul Laska, “Hanging Up for Good”, in Four Years, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 255:

     Mom was concerned because I was upset but I wanted to be alone. I went to the kitchen to grab a Corona and a lime and went up to my room. […] The Corona was finished fast so I went down stairs to grab another one. Mom saw me grab another but she didn't say anything.

   • 2011 August 5, Melissa Bell, “‘Leisure Dive,’ the latest in online photography pranks”, in The Washington Post‎:

     Intimidated by Scott’s swan dives, Lewis chose to underwhelm the poolside panel with a different approach. He grabbed a Corona, jumped horizontally over the pool, crooked his elbow and looked as nonchalantly as one can when flying out over the water.

   • 2012, Daniel Bonnell, “Corona Landscapes”, in Shadow Lessons: The Unexpected Journey of an Inner City Art Teacher, Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, →ISBN, page 17:

     Being stressed that first six months of learning to teach, I would often stop half way and have a Corona at a gas station. It was my reward for making it through another day. It took the anxiety off my nerves just long enough to refocus the balance of the day.

2. Alternative letter-case form of corona (“a coronavirus, especially SARS-CoV-2”)
3. Alternative letter-case form of corona (“a disease caused by a coronavirus, especially COVID-19”)
4. Alternative letter-case form of corona (“a long, straight-sided cigar with a blunt, rounded end”)

• caroon, racoon

• IPA^(key): /koˈʁoːna/

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• Rhymes: -oːna
• Hyphenation: Co‧ro‧na

Corona f (genitive Corona, plural Coronen)

1. Obsolete spelling of Korona which was deprecated in 1902 following the Second Orthographic Conference of 1901.

Corona

1. (colloquial, uncountable) corona (coronavirus disease, especially COVID-19)

   Wie schützt man sich vor Corona?

   How do you protect yourself against corona?

• Corona-Diktatur f
• Coronakrise f (“COVID-19 crisis”)
• Coronaleugner m
• Coronapandemie f (“COVID-19 pandemic”)
• Coronaparty f
• Coronaregeln f pl
• Coronasünder m (“someone who infringes the regulations in coherence with COVID-19”)

• https://www.dwds.de/themenglossar/Corona

From corona.

• IPA^(key): /koˈɾona/
• Rhymes: -ona
• Syllabification: Co‧ro‧na

Corona f

1. a surname

Borrowed from Spanish Corona, from corona.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /koˈɾona/
• Rhymes: -ona
• Syllabification: Co‧ro‧na
• Homophone: korona

Corona (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇᜓᜈ)

1. a surname from Spanish, most associated with impeached and deceased Chief Justice Renato Corona

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Corona is the 2,093rd most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 5,542 individuals.