corona English · revision 969

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /kəˈɹoʊ.nə/; /kəˈɹəʊ.nə/ ''(UK)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|corōna|t=garland, wreath, crown]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) probably from [[grc|κορώνη|tr=korṓnē|t=curved object, crown]].^(RHWU) It is a doublet of [[crown]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The projecting part of a classical cornice (1548–63);^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989) a small coloured circle of light round the sun or moon (1658).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Rome a ''corona'' was especially a crown or garland awarded for military service.^(Etymonline) In English the word took many technical senses: a circular church chandelier (1825), the tonsure of a cleric, and various crown-like parts of the body or of plants.^(OED 1989)^(Wiktionary) The astronomical sense, the halo of light seen round the sun in a total eclipse, now known to be its outer atmosphere, dates from 1809–59.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) A brand of Havana cigar was named ''Corona'' (1876–77),^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and the Mexican lager in 1925.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1548–63 – part of a cornice.^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1658 – a ring of light round the sun or moon.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1809 – the halo of the sun seen in a total eclipse.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1825 – a circular church chandelier.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1876 – a brand of cigar.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A faint coloured ring of light seen round the [[sun]] or [[moon]] through haze or thin cloud, caused by [[diffraction]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The luminous outer [[atmosphere]] of the sun or another star, seen during a total [[eclipse]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)

+ # ''(architecture)'' The projecting top part of a [[cornice]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(anatomy, botany)'' A crown-like part, such as the top of a tooth or the trumpet of a daffodil.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A long cigar with straight sides and blunt ends.^(AHD)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A circular chandelier hung in a church.^(OED 1989)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[coronagraph]]

+ * [[coronavirus]]

+ * [[corona discharge]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[Corona Australis]]

+ * [[Corona Borealis]]

+ * [[coronal]]

+ * [[corona radiata]]

+ * [[coronary]]

+ * [[coronate]]

+ * [[coronation]]

+ * [[coroner]]

+ * [[coronet]]

+ * [[crown]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}