Crown

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1 Architecture
2 Monarchy
3 Currency
4 Education
5 Music and audio
6 Dentistry
7 Science
8 Sport and entertainment
9 Motor vehicles
10 Literature and theater
11 Places
12 Other businesses
13 Religion
14 Other

Crown may refer to:

Architecture

Crown, the highest point of a convex structure, such as an arch or a vault.

Monarchy

Crown (headgear), the headgear worn by a monarch, other high dignitaries, divinities, etc.
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
- Naval crown
- Mural 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. 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.
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. 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. He is Bess's former lover and the principal villain of the piece; the other villain is Sportin' Life, the elegant dope peddler.
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.
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.

Literature and theater

A crown of sonnets is a group of related sonnets.
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.

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

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