Carina may refer to:

Places

Australia

* Carina, Queensland, a suburb in Brisbane * Carina Heights, Queensland, a suburb in Brisbane *

Carina, Victoria Carina is a locality in the Rural City of Mildura in Victoria, Australia. It is situated in the Sunraysia region on the Mallee Highway and Pinnaroo railway line. It is situated about 10 kilometres east from Panitya and 14 kilometres w ...

, a locality in Mildura

Serbia

* Carina, Osečina, a village in the Kolubara District

People

* Carina (name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) * Carina, a pet form of the given name Cara * Carina, a Latinization of Cairenn, said to be the mother of

Niall of the Nine Hostages Niall ''Noígíallach'' (; Old Irish "having nine hostages"), or Niall of the Nine Hostages, was a legendary, semi-historical Irish king who was the ancestor of the Uí Néill dynasties that dominated Ireland from the 6th to the 10th centuries. ...

Anatomy

* ''Carina'', the scientific name for an anatomical structure resembling a keel, such as the large keel on the breastbone in birds *

Carina of trachea In anatomy, the carina or tracheal bifurcation is a ridge of cartilage in the trachea that occurs between the division of the two main bronchi. Structure The carina occurs at the lower end of the trachea (usually at the level of the 4th to 5th ...

, the point at which the trachea branches to form the two mainstem bronchi

Astronomy

* Carina (Chinese astronomy) *

Carina (constellation) Carina ( ) is a constellation in the southern sky. Its name is Latin for the keel of a ship, and it was the southern foundation of the larger constellation of Argo Navis (the ship ''Argo'') until it was divided into three pieces, the other two be ...

, a constellation * Carina Dwarf, a dwarf galaxy orbiting the Milky Way *

Carina Nebula The Carina Nebula or Eta Carinae Nebula (catalogued as NGC 3372; also known as the Great Carina Nebula) is a large, complex area of bright and dark nebulosity in the constellation Carina, located in the Carina–Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Wa ...

(NGC 3372)

Arts, entertainment, and media

* "Carina" (Corrado Lojacono song), a 1958 song covered by Sophia Loren, Dean Martin and Cliff Richard * "Carina" (Larz-Kristerz song), a 2008 song by Swedish band Larz-Kristerz *

Carina Press Harlequin Enterprises ULC (known simply as Harlequin) is a romance and women's fiction publisher founded in Winnipeg, Canada in 1949. From the 1960s, it grew into the largest publisher of romance fiction in the world. Based in Toronto, Canada si ...

, the digital-only publishing house from Harlequin Enterprises * Carina (Marvel Cinematic Universe), a character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Storms

* Cyclone Carina, in the 2005–2006 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season *

Tropical Storm Carina (2012) The 2012 Pacific typhoon season was a slightly above average but destructive season, though rather active since 2004. It produced 25 named storms, fourteen typhoons, and four intense typhoons. It was an event in the annual cycle of tropical cyc ...

, in the 2012 Pacific typhoon season *

Typhoon Nida (2016) Severe Tropical Storm Nida, known in the Philippines as Severe Tropical Storm Carina, was a tropical cyclone that struck Luzon, Philippines and Guangdong, China in late July and early August respectively. The fourth named storm of the annual ty ...

, a 2016 Pacific typhoon known as Severe Tropical Storm Carina in the Philippines

Other uses

* Carina, a Latin word for the

keel The keel is the bottom-most longitudinal structural element on a vessel. On some sailboats, it may have a hydrodynamic and counterbalancing purpose, as well. As the laying down of the keel is the initial step in the construction of a ship, in Br ...

of a ship or for its entire hull * Carina Rugby League Football Club * Toyota Carina, an automobile * USS ''Carina'' (AK-74), a 1942 United States Navy cargo ship used in World War II * Sailing yacht Carina, which disappeared off the Dublin coast in 1944