Corona (disambiguation)

A corona is the outer atmosphere of a star.

Corona may also refer to:

People

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

Places

United States

• Corona, California
• Corona, Minnesota
• Corona, New Mexico
• Corona, South Dakota
• Corona, Tennessee
• Corona, Queens, New York City

Other

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

Sciences

Astronomy and space science

• Corona (planetary geology), a planetary feature
• Corona (satellite), a 1959–72 United States reconnaissance program
• Corona (optical phenomenon), in which coloured rings appear around the Sun or the Moon

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

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

Physics

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

Medicine

• Coronavirus
• Corona of glans penis

Transport

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

Automobile

• Toyota Corona

Rail

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

Business

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

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

Architecture

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

Music

• "Corona" (song), by The Minutemen
• Corona (band), an Italian music group best known for the hit single "The Rhythm of the Night"
• Corona (Takemitsu), a composition by Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu
• The Coronas, a rock band from Dublin
• 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

Art, fiction, and literature

• "Corona", a poem by Paul Celan
• Corona (fictional world), part of R. A. Salvatore's DemonWars novels
• Corona, a character in the Spider Riders novels
• Corona, a character in the game Doraemon: Nobita to Mittsu no Seireiseki
• Corona (novel), a Star Trek novel by Greg Bear
• Corona, a short story by Samuel R. Delany
• Corona Theatre School, in London
• Corona (typeface), a 1941 font
• La Corona (film), a 2008 short film
• Corona, a fictional kingdom in the animated film Tangled

Other

• Operation Corona, a British Second World War initiative

See also

• Carona (disambiguation)
• Coroana (disambiguation)
• Corona Line (disambiguation)
• Korona (disambiguation)
• Krona (disambiguation)
• Koruna (disambiguation)