Rona, RONA or Róna may refer to:

Places

Rona (Kristiansand) Rona is a neighborhood in the city of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. It is a part of the Oddernes borough and the district of Søm. The neighbourhood is next to European route E18, and spans the ''Indre Rona'' strait between ''Drangsvatna'' ...

, a neighbourhood in Kristiansand, Norway *

Rona (river) The Rona is a right tributary of the river Iza in Romania. It discharges into the Iza in Sighetu Marmației Sighetu Marmației (, also spelled ''Sighetul Marmației''; german: Marmaroschsiget or ''Siget''; hu, Máramarossziget, ; uk, Сиг� ...

, a river in Maramureș County, Romania * Rona, Bellevue Hill, a historic house in the Sydney suburb of Bellevue Hill *

Rona, Switzerland Rona is situated beside the river Gelgia, the village consists of three parts, the old lower village (Rona), the upper village (Ruegna) and the new lower village (Rieven). There is a church in the upper village and two pubs/restaurants in the old ...

, a village *Rona, a village in

Jibou Jibou (; hu, Zsibó ; german: Siben; yi, זשיבוי) is a town in Sălaj County, Transylvania, Romania. In 2011 it had a population of 10,407. Jibou includes the town proper and other four villages: Rona ( Hungarian: ''Szilágyróna''), Cuceu ( ...

town, Sălaj County, Romania *Rona, a peninsula/island of the

Isle of May The Isle of May is located in the north of the outer Firth of Forth, approximately off the coast of mainland Scotland. It is about long and wide. The island is owned and managed by NatureScot as a national nature reserve. There are now no ...

in Scotland * Rona de Jos and Rona de Sus, communes in Maramureș County, Romania *

North Rona Rona ( gd, Rònaigh) is a remote, uninhabited Scottish island in the North Atlantic. Rona is often referred to as North Rona to distinguish it from South Rona (another small island, in the Inner Hebrides). It has an area of and a maximum elevat ...

, a Scottish island in the North Atlantic *

South Rona Rona ( gd, Rònaigh), sometimes called South Rona to distinguish it from North Rona (a small uninhabited island to the northwest of Cape Wrath), is an inhabited island in the Inner Hebrides. It lies between the Sound of Raasay and the Inner Sound ...

, a Scottish island in the Inner Hebrides *

Tinizong-Rona Tinizong-Rona is a former municipality in the district of Albula in the Sursés in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It was formed in 1998 from the villages of ''Tinizong'' and '' Rona''. The local administration is situated in Tinizong. ...

, a Swiss municipality

People

Given name

*Rona, a diminutive of the Russian male given name

Aaron According to Abrahamic religions, Aaron ''′aharon'', ar, هارون, Hārūn, Greek (Septuagint): Ἀαρών; often called Aaron the priest ()., group="note" ( or ; ''’Ahărōn'') was a prophet, a high priest, and the elder brother of ...

Rona Ambrose Ronalee Ambrose Veitch ( , née Chapchuk; born March 15, 1969) is a Canadian former politician who was interim leader of the Conservative Party and the leader of the Opposition between 2015 and 2017. She was the Conservative Party member of ...

(born 1969), former interim leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons *

Rona Anderson Rona Anderson (3 August 1926 – 23 July 2013) was a Scottish stage, film, and television actress. She appeared in TV series and on the stage and films throughout the 1950s. She appeared in the films '' Scrooge'' and '' The Prime of Miss Jean Br ...

(1926–2013), Scottish stage, film, and television actress *

Rona Barrett Rona Barrett (born Rona Burstein, October 8, 1936) is an American gossip columnist and businesswoman. She runs the Rona Barrett Foundation, a non-profit organization in Santa Ynez, California, dedicated to the aid and support of senior citizens ...

(born 1936), American gossip columnist and businesswoman * Rona Coleman (active from 1970s), Australian actress *

Rona Dougall Rona, RONA or Róna may refer to: Places *Rona (Kristiansand), a neighbourhood in Kristiansand, Norway * Rona (river), a river in Maramureș County, Romania * Rona, Bellevue Hill, a historic house in the Sydney suburb of Bellevue Hill *Rona, Swit ...

(born late 1960s), Scottish broadcast journalist and television presenter *

Rona Elliot Rona Elliot (born February 22, 1947) is an American music journalist and interviewer of television, radio, and print. She was the first news anchor on music channel VH1 and music correspondent for NBC's ''Today'' show for ten years. Early life a ...

(born 1947), American music journalist * Rona Fairhead, (born 1961), British businesswoman and chairwoman of the BBC Trust *

Rona Green (disambiguation) Rona Green may refer to: * Rona Green (artist), Australian artist * Rona Randall Rona Shambrook, ''née'' ''Green'' (born 16 June 1911, date of death unknown), was a British writer of over 50 gothic and romance novels, and some non-fiction bo ...

, several people *

Rona Hartner Rona Hartner (born 9 March 1973, Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the bank ...

(born 1973), Romanian actress, painter and singer *

Rona Hurley Rona Marjory Hurley (née Hamilton, 2 October 1897 – 11 June 1985) was a New Zealand tobacco grower and buyer. Of Māori descent, she identified with the Ngati Porou and Te Whānau-ā-Apanui iwi. She was born in Gisborne, New Zealand, on 2 ...

(1897–1985), New Zealand tobacco grower and buyer *

Rona Jaffe Rona Jaffe (June 12, 1931 – December 30, 2005) was an American novelist who published numerous works from 1958 to 2003. During the 1960s, she also wrote cultural pieces for ''Cosmopolitan''. Biography Jaffe was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 19 ...

, (1931–2005), American novelist **

Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award The Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award was an award given annually to beginning women writers. Established in 1995 by American author Rona Jaffe, the Foundation offers grants to writers of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The award wa ...

, awarded annually since 1995 to beginning women writers *

Rona Kenan Rona (Aharona) Rachel Kenan ( he, רונה קינן, born 26 July 1979) is an Israeli singer-songwriter. Biography Kenan was born on 26 July 1979. Her father is the late Amos Kenan and her mother is the scholar Nurith Gertz. She was attracted ...

(born 1979), Israeli singer/songwriter *

Rona E. Kramer Rona E. Kramer is an American politician from Maryland, a member of the Democratic Party, and a former member of the Maryland State Senate. She finished serving her 2nd term in the Maryland State Senate, representing Maryland's District 14 in M ...

(born 1954), American politician from Maryland *

Rona Lightfoot Rona Lightfoot (; born 17 April 1936) is a Scottish bagpiper and singer. Life Lightfoot was born on 17 April 1936 on South Uist to a family rich in pipers, and her first music lessons came from her parents, before she was taught by her uncle Angu ...

(born 1936), Scottish piper and singer *

Rona Mackay Rona Mackay is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Strathkelvin and Bearsden since the Scottish Parliamentary elections in May 2016. Background Prior to being elected, she ...

(active from 2016), Scottish politician *

Rona McKenzie Rona Una McKenzie (20 August 1922 – 24 July 1999) was a New Zealand cricketer, and was the first Maori to captain the New Zealand women's cricket team. She played as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm medium. She appea ...

(1922-1999), New Zealand female cricketer *

Rona McLeod Rona McLeod is an Australian actress, noted for her television appearances. She appeared as pregnant inmate Jeannie Stanton in ''Prisoner'', had a recurring role in ''Neighbours'' during 1990 and 1991 as Felicity Brent, completely unrecognisabl ...

(active 1990s), Australian TV actress *

Rhona Mitra Rhona is the name of: * Rhona Adair (1878–1961), British golf champion * Rhona Bennett (born 1976), American singer, actress and model * Rhona Brankin (born 1950), Labour Co-operative politician and Member of the Scottish Parliament * Rhona Bro ...

(born 1975), English actress, model and singer * Rona Moss-Morris (born before 2006), South African-born academic psychologist *

Rona Munro Rona Munro (born 7 September 1959) is a Scottish writer. She has written plays for theatre, radio, and television. Her film work includes Ken Loach's '' Ladybird, Ladybird'' (1994), ''Oranges and Sunshine'' (2010) for Jim Loach and ''Aimée & J ...

(born 1959), Scottish writer * Rona Murray (1924-2003), Canadian poet *

Rona Nishliu Rona Nishliu (born 25 August 1986) is a Kosovo-Albanian singer and songwriter. She came to international prominence after representing Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan, where she placed fifth and achieved the best ...

(born 1986), Kosovo-Albanian singer and radio presenter *

Rona Pondick Rona Pondick (born April 18, 1952) is an American sculptor. She lives and works in New York City. Using the language of the body in her sculpture, in both a literal and a metaphorical sense, has been of interest to Pondick since the beginnings of ...

(born 1952), American sculptor * Rona Randall (born 1911), British writer *

Rona Robinson Rona Robinson (26 June 1884 – 7 April 1962) was the first woman in the United Kingdom to gain a first-class degree in chemistry and one of the first documented female industrial chemists. She was also a British suffragette and paid member o ...

, British suffragette who in 1905 was the first woman in the United Kingdom to gain a first-class degree in chemistry *

Rona Rupert Rona Rupert née Davel (7 February 1934 – 25 August 1995) was a South African author. In 1976, she received the C.P. Hoogenhout Award. Biography Born in Calvinia, South Africa. Her father was a lecturer of Afrikaans and Dutch, before the fami ...

(1934–1995), South African author *

Rona Shapiro Rona Shapiro became the first female rabbi to head a Conservative synagogue in Cleveland in 2007, when she became rabbi of Congregation Bethaynu in Pepper Pike. Shapiro was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in 1990. She worked ...

(born before 1990), American rabbi, the first female rabbi to head a Conservative synagogue in Cleveland *

Rona Stevenson Rona Miriel Stevenson (13 February 1911 – 4 September 1988) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. Born in Wellington in 1911, she served on the executives of the Women's Division of Federated Farmers, the YWCA and the ...

(1911–1988), New Zealand politician *

Rona Tong Rona Iris McCarthy (née Tong, 22 August 1916 – 31 January 2016) was a New Zealand track and field athlete who won a bronze medal at the 1938 British Empire Games. Early life and family Born in Hastings on 22 August 1916, McCarthy was the d ...

(born 1915/16), New Zealand track and field athlete who competed at the 1938 British Empire Games * Rona Yefman (born 1972), Israeli artist based in New York City

Surname

Aliye Rona Aliye Rona (née Dilligil; 14 October 1921 – 27 August 1996) was a Turkish film actress starring in more than 130 movies, mostly of drama and romance genre, from 1947 until her death. She was born in Daraa, French Mandate for Syria and the Le ...

(1921–1996), Turkish film actress *

András Róna-Tas András Róna-Tas (born 30 December 1931) is a Hungarian historian and linguist. He was born in 1931 in Budapest. Róna-Tas studied under such preeminent professors as Gyula Ortutay and Lajos Ligeti, and received a degree in folklore and easter ...

(born 1931), Hungarian historian and linguist * Andrew Rona (born 1971), American film producer and movie executive *

Curtis Rona Curtis Rona (born 26 May 1992) is a former Australian international rugby union footballer who recently played for London Irish in the English Premiership. He now plays for Mitsubishi Heavy Industry Sagamihara Dynaboars. He has previously pla ...

(born 1992), New Zealand professional rugby league footballer *

Elizabeth Rona Elizabeth Rona (20 March 1890 – 27 July 1981) was a Hungarian nuclear chemist, known for her work with radioactive isotopes. After developing an enhanced method of preparing polonium samples, she was recognized internationally as the leading ...

(1890-1981), Hungarian nuclear chemist * Giannarigo Rona (born 1940), Italian bridge player and administrator, president of the

World Bridge Federation The World Bridge Federation (WBF) is the international governing body of contract bridge. The WBF is responsible for world championship competitions, most of which are conducted at a few multi-event meets on a four-year cycle. The most prestigiou ...

from 2010 *

Jaroslav Róna Jaroslav Róna (born 27 April 1957 in Prague-Letná) is a Czech-Jewish sculptor, painter, actor, educator, and writer. Works *Franz Kafka - bronze statue on Dušní Street ( Holy Spirit Street), historic Jewish Quarter, Prague; inspired by the ...

(born 1957), Czech sculptor, painter, actor, educator, and writer *

Jeff Rona Jeffrey Carl "Jeff" Rona (born March 3, 1957) is an American composer for film. He was a member of Hans Zimmer's '' MediaVentures''. His credits include ''Sharkwater'', ''Traffic'', ''God of War III'', '' Phantom'' and '' Veeram''. Jeff Rona ...

(born 1957), American film composer *

József Róna József Róna (1 February 1861, Lovasberény – 31 December 1939, Budapest) was a Hungarian sculptor and artist. Biography Róna's best known wood carving, ''Joseph and Potiphar's Wife'', also won him the Gold Prize. His major sculptu ...

(1861-1939), Hungarian sculptor and artist * Peter A. Rona (1934-2014), American oceanographer *

Thomas P. Rona Thomas P. Rona (1923–1997) was a 1980s era science advisor to the Defense Department and the White House under Presidents Reagan and Bush. Born on January 7, 1923, in Budapest, Hungary, Rona graduated from École supérieure d'électricité in ...

(1923–1997), American science adviser to the Defense Department and the White House under Presidents Reagan and George H. W. Bush

In fiction and mythology

* Rona (''Ojamajo Doremi''), a fictional character in the Japanese anime series ''Ojamajo Doremi'' *Rona, a minor character on the American television program ''

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'' *Rona, a legendary Maori woman who cursed the moon, whose legend is intertwined with that of the ''

Myoporum laetum ''Myoporum laetum'', commonly known as ngaio or mousehole tree is a plant in the family Scrophulariaceae endemic to New Zealand, including the Chatham Islands. It is a fast growing shrub, readily distinguished from others in the genus by the tra ...

'' tree *Rona, a character in the anime series ''

Endro! is a Japanese original anime television series by Studio Gokumi. The series aired in Japan between January and March 2019, and a manga adaptation was serialized from August 9, 2018 to February 15, 2019. The anime series is licensed in North ...

Other uses

* Cyclone Rona, hit Australia in 1999 *

Return on net assets The return on net assets (RONA) is a measure of financial performance of a company which takes the use of assets into account. Higher RONA means that the company is using its assets and working capital efficiently and effectively. RONA is used by in ...

, a measure of a company's performance * a New Zealand racing yacht *

Rona, Inc. Rona, Inc. (stylized as RONA) is a Canadian retailer of home improvement and construction products and services, owned by the United States-based retailer Lowe's. Founded in 1939, the company operates a mixture of company-owned and franchised ...

a Canadian hardware and home improvement retailer *

Kaminski Brigade Kaminski Brigade, also known as Waffen-Sturm-Brigade der SS RONA, was a collaborationist formation composed of Russian nationals from the territory of the Lokot Autonomy in Axis-occupied areas of the RSFSR, Soviet Union on the Eastern Front.R ...