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Crown may refer to:
Architecture
- Crown, the highest point of a convex structure, such as an arch or a vault. An arch is a structure that spans a space while supporting weight (e A Vault (French voute Italian volta German Gewölbe Polish sklepienie, Spanish
Monarchy
- Crown (headgear), the headgear worn by a monarch, other high dignitaries, divinities, etc. A crown is the traditional Symbolic form of Headgear worn by a Monarch or by a Deity, for whom the crown traditionally represents power
- The Crown, an abstract concept which represents the legal authority for the existence of some (Commonwealth) governments
- Consort crown
- Coronation crown
- Crown of Thorns, in Christianity, the headgear placed on Jesus before his execution
- Hungary's Holy Crown
- Imperial crown
- State crown
- Triple Crown, the Papal Tiara
- Grass Crown
- Civic Crown
- Heraldic crown
Currency
- Austrian corona (1892 to 1916) (so-called because of use of Latin 'corona' on coins)
- British crown coin and/or British half crown coin
- Krone
- Krona
- koruna
- Estonian kroon, the currency of Estonia
- Faroese króna, the currency of the Faroe Islands
- Hungarian korona, former currency of Hungary
- Icelandic króna, the currency of Iceland
Education
- Crown College, University of California, Santa Cruz, a residential college
- Crown College (Minnesota), a small private college in St. Throughout the Commonwealth realms The Crown is an abstract metonymic concept which represents the legal authority for the existence of any government A consort crown is a crown worn by the Queen Consort of a kingdom for her Coronation or on state occasions coronation crown is a crown used by a Monarch when being crowned. In Christianity the Crown of Thorns, one of the instruments of the Passion, was the woven chaplet of thorn branches worn by Jesus before his Crucifixion The Holy Crown of Hungary ( Hungarian: Magyar Szent Korona, German: Stephanskrone, Croatian: Kruna svetoga Stjepana, Imperial Crown was also a model of car from Imperial, the luxury division of the Chrysler Corporation. A State Crown is the working crown worn by a Monarch on recurring state occasions such as State Openings of Parliament, as opposed to the Coronation The Papal Tiara, also known as the Triple Tiara, or in Latin as the ' Triregnum', and in Italian as the ' Triregno', is the three-tiered For the novel by Colleen McCullough see The Grass Crown (novel. The Civic Crown ( Latin: corona civica) was a Chaplet of common Oak leaves woven to form a crown. A Crown is often an Emblem of the monarchy a monarch's government or items endorsed by it see The Crown. The Naval Crown (in Latin corona navalis) was a gold crown awarded to the first man who boarded an enemy ship during a naval engagement In Hellenistic culture a mural crown identified the goddess Tyche, the embodiment of the fortune of a city familiar to Romans as Fortuna. Half crown may refer to Half crown (British coin, a pre-decimalisation coin of the United Kingdom Half crown (Irish coin, a pre-decimalisation The kroon ( sign: KR; code: EEK) is the Currency of Estonia. It is subdivided into 100 senti (singular sent The króna (plural krónur) is the Currency of the Faroe Islands. The Hungarian korona (Hungarian magyar korona; korona in English is "crown" was the replacement currency of the Austro-Hungarian Krone/korona The króna (plural krónur) ( sign: kr; code: ISK) is the Currency of Iceland. Crown College is one of the Residential colleges that makes up the University of California Santa Cruz, USA. Crown College is a Christian college located in St Bonifacius, Minnesota. 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. The Crown College is an Independent Fundamental Baptist Bible college and Seminary in Powell, Tennessee, offering graduate and Crown College was a small for-profit, predominantly online College located in Tacoma, Washington.
- S.R. Crown Hall, a building at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois
- Dundee-Crown High School, a NW Suburban Chicago High School originally named Crown before merging with Dundee High School and becoming Dundee-Crown. S R Crown Hall, designed by the German-born Modernist architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, is the home of the College of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology Dundee-Crown High School is a high school located in Carpentersville, Illinois, United States, a suburb of Chicago. Team name is Chargers, main rival are the Jacobs Golden Eagles.
Music and audio
- Crown Records, a number of different record labels
- The Crown (band), a Swedish death/thrash band
- "Crown", a song from the album Dosage by Collective Soul
- Crown, a stevedore-pimp who becomes a murderer in the opera Porgy and Bess. The Crown was a death / Thrash metal band from Trollhättan, Sweden. Dosage is the fourth studio Album by Atlanta -based American alternative Rock band Collective Soul. Porgy and Bess is an Opera, first performed in 1935, with music by George Gershwin, Libretto by DuBose Heyward, and He is Bess's former lover and the principal villain of the piece; the other villain is Sportin' Life, the elegant dope peddler. See Sportin' Life for information about the Mink DeVille album by this name
- Crown International, amplifier and microphone manufacturer founded in Elkhart, Indiana in 1947 by Clarence C. Moore
Dentistry
- Crown (dentistry), a dental treatment
- Crown (tooth), a portion of a tooth
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 including 18-crown-6
- Crown group, a group of living organisms
- Crown Vetch, a plant
Sport and entertainment
- The Crown, the former name of the U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio
- Crown Limited, an Australian gaming and entertainment company established in 2007
- Crown Casino, a casino in Melbourne, Australia
- Crown Macau, a 6-star hotel casino in Macau
- Crown Las Vegas, a cancelled supertall skyscraper that was to be built on the Las Vegas Strip. Elkhart (ˈɛlkɑrt is a city located in Elkhart County, Indiana, United States. Clarence C Moore (1904-1979 was an engineer and minister at HCJB Missionary Radio Station now known as HCJB World Radio with primary transmitters in Quito, Crown refers to the restoration of teeth using materials that are fabricated by indirect methods which are cemented into place In Dentistry, crown refers to the Anatomical area of Teeth, usually covered by enamel. A crown is the top of the head The following birds and other animals are said to have a crown on their head Cranes ** Grey-crowned Crane The crown of Woody plants ( Trees Shrubs is the totality of Branches Twigs and Leaves extending from the Trunk Crown ethers are heterocyclic Chemical compounds that consist of a ring containing several Ether groups 18-Crown-6 is an Organic compound with the formula 6 and the IUPAC name of 147101316-hexaoxacyclooctadecane The Crown Group is a Catering and event caterer in the United Kingdom. Securigera varia, commonly known as Crown Vetch or Purple Crown Vetch, is a low-growing Legume vine US Bank Arena (known originally as the Riverfront Coliseum, and known later as The Crown and the Firstar Center) is an indoor arena located Crown Limited ( is an Australian gaming and entertainment company established in 2007 Crown Casino and Entertainment Complex is a Casino and entertainment precinct on the south bank of the Yarra River, in Melbourne, Australia Crown Macau is located on the northern side of Macau's Taipa Island. Crown Las Vegas, formerly known as the Las Vegas Tower, was to be a Supertall Skyscraper built on the Las Vegas Strip in Winchester Nevada
- Crown Media, a media production company
Motor vehicles
- Crown Coach Corporation, an American school bus manufacturer
- Ford Crown Victoria, a model of Ford car
- Toyota Crown, a model of Toyota car
- Crown (automobile), an automobile built in Detroit, MI, in 1905. Crown Media ( is a United States media production company with corporate headquarters located in Studio City California, and controlled by Crown Coach Corporation was founded by D Brockway in 1904 as the "Crown Carriage Company" in Los Angeles California, eventually moving factory operations to The Ford Crown Victoria is the current model name Ford uses for the Rear-wheel drive full-size car first produced by the Ford Motor Company for The Toyota Crown is a line of full-size luxury sedans by Toyota. The Crown was an automobile manufactured in Detroit Michigan by the Detroit Auto Vehicle Company in 1905
Literature and theater
- A crown of sonnets is a group of related sonnets. A crown of sonnets or sonnet corona is a sequence of Sonnets usually addressed to some one person and/or concerned with a single theme
- Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats, a book of photos by Michael Cunningham and Craig Marberry, published in 2000 (ISBN 0-385-50086-6)
- Crowns (play), a drama by playwright Regina Taylor (ISBN 0-8222-1963-8), based on the book Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats
- Diu Crône, an Arthurian romance
- Crown (comics), an enemy of Spider-Man
Places
- Crown, Inverness
- Crown Hill (various places)
- Crown Point (various places)
- Crown Gardens, Gauteng, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa
- Crown North, Gauteng, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa
Other 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 Publishing Group, a subsidiary of Random House
- Crowne Plaza, an hotel chain
- Crown Wallpaper, a British wallpaper manufacturer
Religion
- Crown of Immortality, a literary and religious metaphor appearing in Baroque art. Diu Crône ( The Crown) is a long Middle High German Arthurian poem attributed to Heinrich von dem Türlin, of whom little In the fictional Marvel Universe, The Crown is an Affiliate of the Allies of Hydra, Dr Crown is an area situated beside the city centre of Inverness the capital city of the Scottish Highlands Crown Gardens is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region 9. Crown North is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region 9. Crown Castle International Corp ( is an American Corporation which provides Infrastructure for Broadcasting and mobile telephony Crown Equipment Corporation A privately held family-owned US company Crown Equipment Corporation is the sixth largest manufacturer of powered industrial Lift trucks in Crown Financial Ministries is a Nondenominational, evangelical Christian ministry with the mission of equipping Christians around the world to learn The Crown Publishing Group is a Subsidiary of Random House, the world's largest book publisher Random House Inc is the world's largest English-language general trade book publisher Crowne Plaza is a chain of full service upscale Hotels catering to business travelers and to the meetings and conventions market Crown Wallpaper (aka Crown Wallpaper Company was an agglomeration of wallpaper manufacturers in the United Kingdom in 1899 The Crown of Immortality is a literary and religious metaphor that developed visual representations initially as a Laurel wreath, and later as a symbolic Circle
Other
- Crown, one proposed additional suit (cards)
- Norwegian Crown, a cruise ship
- Lester Crown (born 1926), American businessman
- Crown, the highest part of a tunnel
- Crown, the top piece of a fountain
- The Crown, student newspaper at Redeemer University College
- crown glass, the name for high quality glasses used in optics or glazing
- Crown Lager, a beer brewed in Melbourne since 1919
Dictionary
crown
-noun
- A reward of victory or a mark of honor.
- A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.
- A representation of such a headdress, as in heraldry; it may even be that only the image exists, no physical crown, as in the case of the kingdom of Belgium; by analogy such crowns can be awarded to moral persons that don't even have a head, as the mural crown for cities in heraldry
- A wreath or band for the head.
- Imperial or regal power.
- The topmost part of the head.
- The highest part a hill.
- The top part of a hat.
- The raised centre of a road.
- The highest part of an arch.
- Splendor, finish, culmination.
- Any currency (originally) issued by the crown (regal power) and often bearing a crown (headdress)
- Specifically, a former British coin worth five shillings.
- (botany) The part of a plant where the root and stem meet.
- (anatomy) The part of a tooth above the gums.
- (dentistry) A prosthetic covering for a tooth.
- (nautical) A knot formed in the end of a rope by tucking in the strands to prevent them from unravelling
- (nautical) The part of an anchor where the arms and the shank meet
- (paper) A standard size of printing paper measuring 20 inches x 15 inches.
- (chemistry) A monocyclic ligand having three or more binding sites, capable of holding a guest in a central location
-adjective
- Of, related to, or pertaining to a crown.
- Of, related to, pertaining to the top of a tree or trees.
-verb
- To place a crown on the head of.
- To formally declare (someone) a king or emperor.
- To declare (someone) a winner.
- (medicine) Of a baby, during the birthing process; for the surface of the baby's head to appear in the vaginal opening.
- (video games) To shoot an opponent in the back of the head with a shotgun in a first-person shooter video game.
- (board games) In checkers, to stack two checkers to indicate that the piece has become a king.
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