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A crown
is a term referring to a part of the head or of a hat, or to a head ornament or type of headgear for the highest rank in a socio-political hierarchy. It is etymologically related to the cognate currency units Krone and Krona.
- Crown, ceremonial headgear
:*Tiara, a type of crown
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Symbols of monarchy or rank
:* Hedjet
*Deshret
*Pschent
:* Civic Crown
* Grass Crown
*Naval crown
- Mural crown
- Consort crown
- Heraldic crown
- Imperial crown
- Coronation crown
- Commonwealth realms:
:* The Crown, the legal embodiment of Executive Government in Commonwealth countries
* State crown (primarily British but may be applied to other monarchies)
- Crown of St. Stephen, Hungary's Holy Crown
- Papal Tiara or Triple Tiara, the papal crown
Sports
- Triple Crown, a series of three major events that establishes dominance in a particular sport; see for list in various sports
Currency
- British crown coin
- British half crown coin
- Czechoslovak koruna, former Czechoslovakia
- Czech koruna, Czech Republic
- Danish krone, Denmark
- Estonian kroon, Estonia
- Faroese króna, Faroe Islands
- Hungarian korona, Hungary
- Icelandic króna, Iceland
- Slovak koruna, Slovakia
- Swedish krona, Sweden
Places
- Crown, Inverness
- Crown Gardens, Gauteng, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa
- Crown Hill (various places)
- Crown North, Gauteng, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa
- Crown Point (various places)
Education
- Crown College, University of California, Santa Cruz, a residential college
- Crown College (Minnesota), a small private college in St. Bonifacius, Minnesota
- Crown College (Tennessee), an unaccredited school with approximately 900 students
- Crown College (Washington), a small, for-profit, predominantly online college located in Tacoma, Washington.
Arts
Literature, theater, movies
- A crown of sonnets is a group of related sonnets
- Crown (comics), an enemy of Spider-Man
- Diu Crône
, an Arthurian romance
Music and audio
- The Crown (band), a Swedish death/thrash band
Science
- Crown (anatomy), the top of the head
- Crown (botany), the branching leaf-bearing portion of a tree
- Crown ether, a family of heterocyclic molecules
- Crown group, a group of living organisms
- Crown vetch, a plant
Dentistry
- Crown (dentistry), a dental treatment
- Crown (tooth), a portion of a tooth
Religion
- Sahasrara, the crown chakra in Hindu tradition
- Crown of Thorns, in Christianity, the headgear placed on Jesus before his execution
- Crown of Immortality, a literary and religious metaphor appearing in Baroque art.
- Tree of Life, The concept of a many-branched tree illustrating the idea that all life on earth is related.
- Keter, is the topmost of the Sephirot of the Tree of Life in Kabbalah
Businesses
- Crown Castle, an American communications company
- Crown Equipment Corporation, a manufacturer of industrial lift trucks
- Crown Financial Ministries, a non-profit financial services entity
- Crown Holdings, a packaging products company
- Crown Hotel, a grade-I-listed 16th-century inn
- Crown International, amplifier and microphone manufacturer founded in 1947
- Crown International Pictures, a film production company
- Crown Limited, an Australian gaming and entertainment company established in 2007
- Crown Media, a media production company
- Crowne Plaza, a hotel chain
- Crown Paints, a British paint manufacturer
- Crown Publishing Group, a subsidiary of Random House
- Crown Records, a number of different record labels
- Crown Wallpaper, a British wallpaper manufacturer
- Crown Worldwide Group, a relocation company based in Hong Kong
Motor vehicles
- Crown (automobile), an automobile built in Detroit, MI, in 1905
- Crown Coach Corporation, an American school bus manufacturer
- Toyota Crown, a model of Toyota car
Other
- crowned, as in the winner of a beauty pageant
- Crown glass, the name for high quality glasses used in optics or glazing
- Crown Lager, a beer brewed in Melbourne since 1919
- Lester Crown (born 1926), American businessman
- HMS Crown
, the name of five ships of the Royal Navy and one planned one
- Norwegian Crown
, a cruise ship
- Norwegian Crown
,The Norwegian currency
See also
- Corona and Corona (disambiguation)
- Hat, especially
:* Parts of a hat
*Hat styles
- Headgear
- List of hats and headgear
- Horned helmet
- Heraldry: Helm and crest
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