corona

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The glowing outer layer of the Sun or another star, best seen during a total solar eclipse.

   During the eclipse, the Sun's corona shone like a ring of fire.

2. 2
   noun

   A glowing ring of light around an object.

   A faint corona surrounded the streetlamp in the fog.

All ultimately from Latin corōna (“crown”). * (Corona, California): From Spanish corona (“crown, wreath”), chosen to play upon a unique feature of the city, the one-mile diameter drive that circled the center of the town. * (Corona, New Mexico): * (Corona, South Dakota): May be a transfer from Corona, Queens. * (Corona, Queens): One theory is that it was renamed by music producer Benjamin W. Hitchcock, a developer who renamed the area in 1872 and sold off land for residential development. Another theory is that real estate developer Thomas Waite Howard, who became the first postmaster in 1872,…

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