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

Stellar corona A corona ( coronas or coronae) is the outermost layer of a star's atmosphere. It consists of plasma. The Sun's corona lies above the chromosphere and extends millions of kilometres into outer space. It is most easily seen during a total sola ...

, the outer atmosphere of the Sun or another star *

Corona (beer) Corona is a brand of beer produced by Mexican brewery Cervecería Modelo and owned by Belgian company AB InBev. It is the top-selling brand of imported beer in the United States. It is often served with a wedge of lime or lemon in the neck o ...

, a Mexican beer * Corona, informal term for the coronavirus

SARS-CoV-2 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2) is a strain of coronavirus that causes COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019), the respiratory illness responsible for the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The virus previously had a ...

, which causes the

COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease quick ...

disease and is responsible for the ongoing pandemic Corona may also refer to:

Architecture

* Corona, a part of a

cornice In architecture, a cornice (from the Italian ''cornice'' meaning "ledge") is generally any horizontal decorative moulding that crowns a building or furniture element—for example, the cornice over a door or window, around the top edge of a ...

The Corona, Canterbury Cathedral The Corona, Canterbury Cathedral is the east end of Canterbury Cathedral, named after the severed crown of Thomas Becket (St. Thomas the Martyr), whose shrine it was built to contain. Becket was murdered in the north transept of the cathedral ...

, the east end of Canterbury Cathedral

Businesses and brands

Food and drink

, a Mexican beer brand * Corona (confectioner), Egypt * Corona (restaurant), in the Netherlands *

Corona (soft drink) Corona was a brand of carbonated soft drink produced by Thomas & Evans Ltd in South Wales, and distributed across the United Kingdom. The firm was created by grocers William Thomas and William Evans when they saw a market for soft drinks caused ...

, a former brand

Technology

Corona (software) Solar2D (formerly Corona SDK) is a free and open-source, cross-platform software development kit originally developed by Corona Labs Inc. and now maintained by Vlad Shcherban. Released in late 2009, it allows software programmers to build 2D ...

, a mobile app creation tool *

Corona Data Systems Corona Data Systems, later renamed Cordata, was an American personal computer company. It was one of the earliest IBM PC compatible computer system companies. Manufacturing was primarily done by Daewoo of Korea, which became a major investor i ...

, 1980s microcomputer supplier * Corona Labs Inc., an American software company *

Corona Typewriter Company Smith Corona is an American manufacturer of thermal labels, direct thermal labels, and thermal ribbons used in warehouses for primarily barcode labels. Once a large U.S. typewriter and mechanical calculator manufacturer, it expanded aggressively ...

, merged into Smith Corona in 1926 * Corona, a version of Microsoft's

Xbox 360 The Xbox 360 is a home video game console developed by Microsoft. As the successor to the original Xbox, it is the second console in the Xbox series. It competed with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generati ...

Chaos Corona Chaos Corona is a computer-generated imagery 3D rendering software, developed by Chaos Group. It was created by Ondrej Karlík as a student project in 2009 and was developed by a Prague-based company Render Legion under the name ''Corona Rend ...

, rendering software

Entertainment, arts and media

Fictional entities

* Corona (fictional world), in 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 is a series of science fiction novels first published in December 2004, published by Newmarket Press written by Tedd Anasti, Patsy Cameron-Anasti and Stephen D. Sullivan (books 2–3). The series was adapted into an anime series, produced by ...

'' novels * Corona, a fictional kingdom in the animated film ''

Tangled ''Tangled'' is a 2010 American 3D computer-animated musical adventure fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Loosely based on the German fairy tale ''Rapunzel'' in the collection of ...

'' * Corona Mountain, the last level in ''

Super Mario Sunshine is a 2002 platform game developed and published by Nintendo for the GameCube. It is the second 3D game in the ''Super Mario'' series, following '' Super Mario 64'' (1996). The game was directed by Yoshiaki Koizumi and Kenta Usui, produced b ...

Film

* ''Corona'' (film), a 2020 Canadian thriller drama film * ''La Corona'' (film), a 2008 American short film * ''

Corona Zombies ''Corona Zombies'' is a 2020 American comedy horror film directed by Charles Band, and produced and distributed by Full Moon Features. Inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic, the film stars Cody Renee Cameron as Barbie, a woman who finds herself fac ...

'', a 2020 American comedy horror film * ''

1-2-3 Corona ''1-2-3 Corona'' is an East German film directed by Hans Müller. It was released in 1948. Plot In ruined Berlin, several bands of abandoned children roam the streets, engaging in petty crimes. When a circus arrives nearby, the boys are charmed ...

'', a 1948 East German film

Games

Corona (solitaire) Corona is a relatively long and difficult patience or card solitaire using two decks. The object of the game is to move all of the cards to the foundations. Successfully winning the game is considered difficult. Play is much like that in the pop ...

, a card game

Literature

Crown of sonnets A crown of sonnets or sonnet corona is a sequence of sonnets, usually addressed to one person, and/or concerned with a single theme. Each of the sonnets explores one aspect of the theme, and is linked to the preceding and succeeding sonnets by repe ...

, a type of sonnet sequence * ''Corona'' (novel), a ''Star Trek'' novel by Greg Bear * "Corona", a poem by

Paul Celan Paul Celan (; ; 23 November 1920 – c. 20 April 1970) was a Romanian-born German-language poet and translator. He was born as Paul Antschel to a Jewish family in Cernăuți (German: Czernowitz), in the then Kingdom of Romania (now Chernivtsi, ...

* "Corona", a short story by Samuel R. Delany

Music

Corona (band) Corona is an Italian Eurodance project. Initially as a band originally formed by the Brazilian-born singer and model Olga Maria de Souza and the producer Francesco "Checco" Bontempi (a.k.a. Lee Marrow), it found commercial success with the worl ...

, an Italian music group * Corona, people at a

cantus A cantus (Latin for "singing", derived from ''cantare''), is an activity organised by Belgian, Dutch, French, and Baltic fraternities. A cantus mainly involves singing traditional songs and drinking beer. It is governed by strict traditional rul ...

(Dutch drinking and singing party) * The Coronas, an Irish rock band * "Corona" (song), by The Minutemen * ''Corona'' (Takemitsu), by Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu * Corona, the circle of clergy or singers who surround the altar, and origin of the term

choir A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which sp ...

* ''La corona'' (Gluck), an opera *

Corona Capital Corona Capital is an annual music festival held in Mexico City, taking place in the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez. It debuted in 2010 and is organized by Grupo CIE. It primarily features rock and alternative music. The festival has managed to ...

, music festival

People

Corona (surname) Corona is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Achille Corona (1914–1979), Italian socialist politician, lawyer and journalist *Adriana Corona (born 1980), Mexican triathlete and gold medalist *Alberto Amaro Corona (born 1963), Me ...

(including a list of people with the name) *

Saint Corona Saints Victor and Corona (also known as Saints Victor and Stephanie) are two Christian martyrs. Victor was a Roman soldier who was tortured and killed; Corona was killed for comforting him. Corona is invoked as a patron of causes involving money; ...

, 2nd-century Christian saint *

Corona (footballer) Miguel Ángel García Pérez-Roldán (born 12 February 1981), known as Corona, is a Spanish Association football, football executive and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current director of football of Valencia CF. After sta ...

(born 1981), Spanish footballer * Corona Rintawan (born 1975), Indonesian physician *

Corona Schröter Corona Elisabeth Wilhelmine Schröter (14 January 1751 – 23 August 1802) was a German musician best known as a singer. She also composed songs, setting texts by Friedrich Schiller and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe to music.Grove Early life Schr ...

(1751–1802), German musician, singer and composer

Places

United States

Corona, Alabama Corona is an unincorporated community in Walker County, Alabama (We dare defend our rights) , anthem = " Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin Coun ...

, an unincorporated community *

Corona, California Corona (Spanish for "Crown") is a city in Riverside County, California, United States. At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 157,136, up from 152,374 at the 2010 census. The cities of Norco and Riverside lie to the north and north ...

, a city *

Corona, Minnesota Corona is an unincorporated community in Carlton County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, ...

, an unincorporated community *

Corona, Missouri Corona is an unincorporated community in Oregon County, in the U.S. state of Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with T ...

, an unincorporated community *

Corona, New Mexico Corona is a village in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, located along U.S. Route 54. The population was 172 at the time of the 2010 census. Description Corona is the closest populated community to a purported UFO crash in 1947, appr ...

, a village *

Corona, Queens Corona is a neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City. It borders Flushing and Flushing Meadows–Corona Park to the east, Jackson Heights to the west, Forest Hills and Rego Park to the south, Elmhurst to the southwest, and East ...

, New York City, New York, a neighborhood *

Corona, South Dakota Corona is a town in Roberts County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 69 at the 2020 census. History Corona was originally called Prior, and under the latter name was founded ''circa'' 1883. The present name may be a transfer from C ...

, a town * Corona, Tennessee, an unincorporated community

Elsewhere

Corona Lodge Corona Lodge was constructed as a Masonic Society Lodge in 1902. It is situated on stand 62 (1494) on O’Reilly Road in the Berea district of Johannesburg. Corona Lodge is one of the few remaining original buildings in this part of the city. The ...

, Berea, Gauteng, South Africa *

Corona Station (pastoral lease) Corona Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a sheep station in the outback of New South Wales, Australia. It is situated about north of Broken Hill and west of White Cliffs. Corona is one of the four original stations in the Barr ...

, New South Wales, Australia *

Corona Theatre School Corona Theatre School (formerly Corona Academy) was founded in 1950 as a performing arts academy, operating in the region of west London. After the retirement of its owner, Rona Knight, it reopened as Ravenscourt Theatre School in 1989. Histor ...

, in London, England *

Estadio Corona The Estadio Corona is a stadium in Torreón, Coahuila, México, and the home stadium of Santos Laguna of Liga MX. History It was completed in 2009, it has a standard capacity of 30,000, with 20,000 for special events. The stadium's total cost ...

, a stadium in Mexico *

La Corona La Corona is the name given by archaeologists to an ancient Maya court residence in Guatemala's Petén department that was discovered in 1996, and later identified as the long-sought "Site Q", the source of a long series of unprovenanced limest ...

, an ancient Mayan city in Guatemala *

Brașov Brașov (, , ; german: Kronstadt; hu, Brassó; la, Corona; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the administrative centre of Brașov County. According to the latest Romanian census (2011), Brașov has a popu ...

, Romania (Medieval Latin name ''Corona''), a city *

Corona, Cuba Corona or La Corona is a hamlet in Manajanabo, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba. References Populated places in Villa Clara Province Santa Clara, Cuba {{Cuba-geo-stub ...

, a hamlet

Science

Astronomy and space

, the outer atmosphere of a star *

Corona Borealis Corona Borealis is a small constellation in the Northern Celestial Hemisphere. It is one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy, and remains one of the 88 modern constellations. Its brightest stars form a se ...

, the Northern Crown constellation *

Corona Australis Corona Australis is a constellation in the Southern Celestial Hemisphere. Its Latin name means "southern crown", and it is the southern counterpart of Corona Borealis, the northern crown. It is one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-centu ...

, the Southern Crown constellation *

Corona (optical phenomenon) In meteorology, a corona (plural ''coronae'') is an optical phenomenon produced by the diffraction of sunlight or moonlight (or, occasionally, bright starlight or planetlight) by individual small water drop (liquid), droplets and sometimes tiny ...

, coloured rings around Sun or Moon *

Corona (planetary geology) In planetary geology, a corona (plural: coronae ) is an oval-shaped feature. Coronae appear on both the planet Venus and Uranus's moon Miranda and may be formed by upwellings of warm material below the surface. Coronae on Venus The geodynami ...

* CORONA (rocket), a Russian prototype *

Corona (satellite) The CORONA program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Directorate of Science & Technology with substantial assistance from the U.S. Air Force. The CORO ...

, a 1959–1972 US satellite series

Biology

Coronavirus Coronaviruses are a group of related RNA viruses that cause diseases in mammals and birds. In humans and birds, they cause respiratory tract infections that can range from mild to lethal. Mild illnesses in humans include some cases of the com ...

, a group of RNA viruses **

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2) is a strain of coronavirus that causes COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019), the respiratory illness responsible for the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The virus previously had a No ...

(SARS-CoV-2), a coronavirus responsible for the 2019–present pandemic ***

Coronavirus disease 2019 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease quickly ...

(COVID-19), the disease caused by the virus ***

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...

, the ongoing global pandemic * ''Corona'' (gastropod), a genus of large tropical land snails *

Corona (perianth) The perianth (perigonium, perigon or perigone in monocots) is the non-reproductive part of the flower, and structure that forms an envelope surrounding the sexual organs, consisting of the calyx (sepals) and the corolla ( petals) or tepals when ...

, in the corolla of some flowering plants * Corona, anterior lobes of a

rotifer The rotifers (, from the Latin , "wheel", and , "bearing"), commonly called wheel animals or wheel animalcules, make up a phylum (Rotifera ) of microscopic and near-microscopic pseudocoelomate animals. They were first described by Rev. John H ...

Corona of glans penis The corona of glans penis or penis crown refers to the rounded projecting border that forms at the base of the glans in human males. The corona overhangs a mucosal surface, known as the neck of the penis, which separates the shaft and the glans. ...

* Corona ciliaris, a part of the human eye

Mathematics

Corona theorem In mathematics, the corona theorem is a result about the spectrum of the bounded holomorphic functions on the open unit disc, conjectured by and proved by . The commutative Banach algebra and Hardy space ''H''∞ consists of the bounded ...

(or conjecture) in complex analysis *

Corona algebra In mathematics, the multiplier algebra, denoted by ''M''(''A''), of a C*-algebra ''A'' is a unital C*-algebra that is the largest unital C*-algebra that contains ''A'' as an ideal in a "non-degenerate" way. It is the noncommutative generalization ...

(or corona) of a C*-algebra * Corona graph product, a kind of binary operation on two graphs *

Corona set In mathematics, the corona or corona set of a topological space ''X'' is the complement β''X''\''X'' of the space in its Stone–Čech compactification β''X''. A topological space is said to be σ-compact if it is the union of countably many ...

(or corona), of a topological space

Physics

* Corona (fluid dynamics), the last phase of a drop's impact on a liquid surface *

Corona discharge A corona discharge is an electrical discharge caused by the ionization of a fluid such as air surrounding a conductor carrying a high voltage. It represents a local region where the air (or other fluid) has undergone electrical breakdown ...

or corona effect, an electrical discharge around a conductor *

Corona poling Corona poling is a technique in optoelectronics. Corona discharge is a partial breakdown of air, usually at atmospheric pressure, and is initiated by a discharge in an inhomogeneous electric field (see Figure 1). Corona discharge has been used ...

, treatment of a material to enhance electro-optic properties

Transportation

Automobiles

Toyota Corona The is an automobile manufactured by the Japanese automaker Toyota across eleven generations between 1957 and 2001. On launch, the Corona was Toyota's next to highest product in their range, just below the Crown. The Corona was marketed i ...

, a 1957–2001 Japanese compact car

Rail

Corona station (Edmonton) Corona station is an Edmonton Light Rail Transit station in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It serves both the Capital Line and the Metro Line. It is an underground station located beneath Jasper Avenue between 107 Street and 108 Street. It is the ...

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

IRT Flushing Line The IRT Flushing Line is a rapid transit route of the New York City Subway system, named for its eastern terminal in Flushing, Queens. It is operated as part of the A Division. The Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), a private operator, ...

, a New York City Subway line, formerly called the Corona Line

Watercraft

* French frigate ''Corona'' (1807) * MS ''Svea Corona'', a former car–passenger ferry * SS ''Corona'', a Finnish cargo ship 1922−1960 * USS ''Corona'' (SP-813), a yacht used by the US Navy in WWI

Other uses

Corona (typeface) The Legibility Group is a series of serif typefaces created by the American Mergenthaler Linotype Company and intended for use in newspapers on Linotype's hot metal typesetting system. They were developed in-house by Linotype's design team, led ...

, a font *

Operation Corona Operation Corona was a Royal Air Force (RAF) initiative to confuse German nightfighter defences during RAF bomber raids on German cities during World War II. The RAF used both native speakers and people who could speak German to a standard wh ...

, a British WWII operation * Corona, a type of

cigar A cigar is a rolled bundle of dried and fermented tobacco leaves made to be smoked. Cigars are produced in a variety of sizes and shapes. Since the 20th century, almost all cigars are made of three distinct components: the filler, the binder l ...

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