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

Stellar corona In astronomy, a corona (: coronas or coronae) is the outermost layer of a star's Stellar atmosphere, atmosphere. It is a hot but relatively luminosity, dim region of Plasma (physics), plasma populated by intermittent coronal structures such as so ...

, the outer atmosphere of the Sun or another star *

Corona (beer) Corona is a Mexican brand of beer produced by Grupo Modelo in Mexico and exported to markets around the world. Constellation Brands is the exclusive licensee and sole importer of Corona in the fifty states of the United States, Washington, D ...

, a Mexican beer * Corona, informal term for the coronavirus or disease responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic: **

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

, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 **

COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. In January 2020, the disease spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic. The symptoms of COVID‑19 can vary but often include fever ...

, coronavirus disease 2019 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 (decorative), moulding that crowns a building or furniture element—for example, the cornice over a door or window, ar ...

* The Corona, Canterbury Cathedral, the east end of Canterbury Cathedral

Businesses and brands

Food and drink

, a Mexican beer brand *

Corona (restaurant) __NOTOC__ Restaurant ''Les Saison'', part of Hotel Corona, is a defunct restaurant in The Hague, Netherlands. It was a fine dining restaurant that was awarded one Michelin star in 1988 and retained that rating until 1992. In the time of the Michel ...

, 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), 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 in t ...

, 1980s microcomputer supplier *

Corona Labs Inc. Corona Labs Inc., formerly Ansca Mobile, was a software company based in Palo Alto, California, best known for building a 2D game and app development platform. Its most popular product was the Corona SDK, a cross-platform mobile development fram ...

, 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, Smith Corona expanded a ...

, 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 Xbox (console), original Xbox, it is the second console in the Xbox#Consoles, Xbox series. It was officially unveiled on MTV on May 12, 2005, with detail ...

* Chaos Corona, rendering software

Entertainment, arts and media

Fictional entities

Corona (fictional world) Corona is the name of the fantasy world in which R. A. Salvatore's '' The DemonWars Saga'', ''The Highwayman'' and The Coven series are all set. Geography It can be noted that the world of Corona bears a striking resemblance to Eastern Canada. M ...

, 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 ''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 se ...

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

Tangled ''Tangled'' is a 2010 American animated musical film, musical Adventure film, 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 th ...

'' * 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 computer graphics, 3D game in the Super Mario, ''Super Mario'' series, following ''Super Mario 64'' (1996). The game was directed by Yoshiaki Ko ...

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. The film stars Cody Renee Cameron, Russell Coker and Robin Sydney. It is the first installment of the ''Barbi ...

'', 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 re ...

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

Paul Celan Paul Celan (; ; born Paul Antschel; 23 November 1920 – c. 20 April 1970) was a German-speaking Romanian poet, Holocaust survivor, and literary translation, literary translator. He adopted his pen name (an anagram of the Romanian spelling Ancel ...

* "Corona", a short story by

Samuel R. Delany Samuel R. "Chip" Delany (, ; born April 1, 1942) is an American writer and literary critic. His work includes fiction (especially science fiction), memoir, criticism, and essays on science fiction, literature, sexual orientation, sexuality, and ...

Music

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

, an Italian music group * Corona, people at a

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

(Dutch drinking and singing party) *

The Coronas The Coronas are an Irish rock band that originated in Dublin. They release their music by their own independent record label, 3ú Records, and are based between Dublin and London. They have released seven studio albums, '' Heroes or Ghosts'' ...

, 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 (from Latin ''chorus'', meaning 'a dance in a circle') is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform or in other words ...

* ''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 music, rock and alternative rock, alternative music. ...

, music festival

People

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

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

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

Places

United States

* Corona, Alabama, an unincorporated community *

Corona, California Corona (Spanish language, Spanish for "Crown") is a city in northwestern Riverside County, California, United States, directly bordering Orange County, California, Orange and San Bernardino County, California, San Bernardino counties. Its curre ...

, a city * Corona, Minnesota, an unincorporated community * Corona, Missouri, 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 129 at the 2020 census. History Corona is the closest populated community to a purported UFO crash in 1947, approximately to the ...

, a village *

Corona, Queens Corona is a neighborhood in the Borough (New York City), borough of Queens in New York City. It borders Flushing, Queens, Flushing and Flushing Meadows–Corona Park to the east, Jackson Heights, Queens, Jackson Heights to the west, Forest Hill ...

, New York City, New York, a neighborhood * Corona, South Dakota, a town * Corona, Tennessee, an unincorporated community

Elsewhere

* Corona Lodge, 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 Barrier ...

, New South Wales, Australia *

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

, in London, England *

Estadio Corona The Estadio Corona is a stadium in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico, 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 limes ...

, an ancient Mayan city in Guatemala *

Brașov Brașov (, , ; , also ''Brasau''; ; ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the county seat (i.e. administrative centre) of Brașov County. According to the 2021 Romanian census, ...

, 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 sem ...

, 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), coloured rings around Sun or Moon * Corona (planetary geology) * CORONA (rocket), a Russian prototype * CORONA (satellite), a 1959–1972 US satellite series * CORONAS programme, a Russian Solar observation programme

Biology

* Coronavirus, a group of RNA viruses ** Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a coronavirus responsible for the 2019–present pandemic *** Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the disease caused by the virus *** COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing global pandemic * Corona (gastropod), ''Corona'' (gastropod), a genus of large tropical land snails * Corona (perianth), in the corolla of some flowering plants * Corona, anterior lobes of a rotifer * Corona of glans penis * Pars plicata, Corona ciliaris, a part of the human eye

Mathematics

* Corona theorem (or conjecture) in complex analysis * Corona algebra (or corona) of a C*-algebra * Corona graph product, a kind of graph operations#Binary operations, binary operation on two graphs * Corona set (or corona), of a topological space

Physics

* Corona (fluid dynamics), the last phase of a drop's impact on a liquid surface * Corona discharge or corona effect, an electrical discharge around a conductor * Corona poling, treatment of a material to enhance electro-optic properties

Transportation

Automobiles

* Toyota Corona, a 1957–2001 Japanese compact car

Rail

* Corona station (Edmonton), 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, a New York City Subway line, formerly called the Corona Line

Watercraft

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

Other uses

* Corona (typeface), a font * Operation Corona, a British WWII operation * Corona, a type of cigar#Size and shape, cigar