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), 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 **

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, coronavirus disease 2019 Corona may also refer to:

Architecture

* Corona, a part of a cornice * The Corona, Canterbury Cathedral, the east end of Canterbury Cathedral

Businesses and brands

Food and drink

* Corona (beer), a Mexican beer brand * Corona (restaurant), in the Netherlands * Corona (soft drink), a former brand

Technology

* Corona (software), a mobile app creation tool * Corona Data Systems, 1980s microcomputer supplier * Corona Labs Inc., an American software company * Corona Typewriter Company, merged into Smith Corona in 1926 * Corona, a version of Microsoft's Xbox 360 * Chaos Corona, 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'' novels * Corona, a fictional kingdom in the animated film '' Tangled'' * Corona Mountain, the last level in '' Super Mario Sunshine''

Film

* ''Corona'' (film), a 2020 Canadian thriller drama film * ''La Corona'' (film), a 2008 American short film * '' Corona Zombies'', a 2020 American comedy horror film * '' 1-2-3 Corona'', a 1948 East German film

Games

* Corona (solitaire), a card game

Literature

* Crown of sonnets, a type of sonnet sequence * ''Corona'' (novel), a ''Star Trek'' novel by Greg Bear * "Corona", a poem by Paul Celan * "Corona", a short story by Samuel R. Delany

Music

* Corona (band), an Italian music group * Corona, people at a cantus (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 (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, music festival

People

* Corona (surname) (including a list of people with the name) * Saint Corona, 2nd-century Christian saint * Corona (footballer) (born 1981), Spanish footballer * Corona Rintawan (born 1975), Indonesian physician * Corona Schröter (1751–1802), German musician, singer and composer

Places

United States

* Corona, Alabama, an unincorporated community * Corona, California, a city * Corona, Minnesota, an unincorporated community * Corona, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Corona, New Mexico, a village * Corona, Queens, 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), New South Wales, Australia * Corona Theatre School, in London, England * Estadio Corona, a stadium in Mexico * La Corona, an ancient Mayan city in Guatemala * Brașov, Romania (Medieval Latin name ''Corona''), a city * Corona, Cuba, a hamlet

Science

Astronomy and space

, the outer atmosphere of a star * Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown constellation * Corona Australis, 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 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 f ...

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

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...

, the ongoing global pandemic * ''Corona'' (gastropod), a genus of large tropical land snails * Corona (perianth), in the corolla of some flowering plants * Corona, anterior lobes of a

rotifer The rotifers (, from Latin 'wheel' and 'bearing'), sometimes called wheel animals or wheel animalcules, make up a phylum (Rotifera ) of microscopic and near-microscopic Coelom#Pseudocoelomates, pseudocoelomate animals. They were first describ ...

* Corona of glans penis * 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 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) * 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), a font * Operation Corona, a British WWII operation * Corona, a type of cigar