Crown

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Crown (or crowns) may refer to:

Contents 1 Monarchy 2 Currency 3 Games 4 Education 5 Music 6 Medicine, dentistry and anatomy 7 Biology 8 Sport and entertainment 9 Motor vehicles 10 Literature and theater 11 Ships 12 Technology 13 Places 14 Other businesses 15 People 16 Fountains

[edit] Monarchy

• The Crown, an abstract concept which represents the legal authority for the existence of a government
• Crown (headgear), the headgear worn by a monarch, other high dignitaries, divinities, etc.
  • Consort crown
  • Coronation crown
  • Crown of Thorns, in Christianity, the headgear placed on Jesus before his execution
  • Imperial crown
  • State crown
  • Triple Crown, the Papal Tiara
  • Grass Crown
  • Naval crown
  • Civic Crown
  • Mural crown

[edit] Currency

• Austro-Hungarian krone
• Crown (British coin)
  • Half crown
• Czech koruna
• Czechoslovak koruna
• Danish krone
• Estonian kroon
• Faroese króna
• Hungarian korona
• Icelandic króna
• Norwegian krone
• Slovak koruna
• Swedish krona

[edit] Games

• Crown, a "fifth suit" (see suit (cards)) in playing cards

[edit] Education

• Crown College, several institutions of higher education
• S.R. Crown Hall, a building at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois

[edit] Music

• Crown Records, a number of different record labels
• The Crown (band), a Swedish death metal band
• Crown Audio, an Elkhart, Indiana manufacturer of pro-audio electronic equipment
• Crown, a song from the Rock band Collective Soul

[edit] Medicine, dentistry and anatomy

• Crown (anatomy), the top of the head
• Crown (dentistry), a dental treatment

[edit] Biology

• Crown (botany), the branching leaf-bearing portion of a tree
• Crown group, a group of living organisms
• Crown Vetch, a plant

[edit] Sport and entertainment

• The Crown, the former name of the U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio
• Crown Casino, a casino in Melbourne, Australia
• Crown Media, a media production company

[edit] 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

[edit] Literature and theater

• Diu Crône, a German Arthurian romance
• Crown (comics), an enemy of Spider-Man
• 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

[edit] Ships

• Norwegian Crown, a cruise ship

[edit] Technology

• The highest part of the roof, back, ceiling, or arch of a tunnel.

[edit] Places

• Crown Gardens, Gauteng, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa
• Crown Hill, a number of places
• Crown North, Gauteng, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa
• Crown Point, a number of places
• Crown, a district in Inverness

[edit] Other businesses

• Crown Castle, an American communications company
• Crown Financial Ministries, a non-profit financial services entity
• Crowne Plaza, an hotel chain
• Crown Wallpaper, a British wallpaper manufacturer

[edit] People

• Lester Crown (born 1926), American businessman

[edit] Fountains

• Crown, the top piece of a fountain (sometimes decorative) through which viscous liquid comes out of the fountain to either flow down tiers or spew into a pool before being pushed through the fountain again.