Crown

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Template:Wiktionary Crown may be:

Monarchy:

• Crown (headgear), the headgear worn by a monarch, other high dignitaries, divinities etc.
  • Consort crown
  • Coronation crown
  • Crown of Thorns, the headgear placed on Jesus before his execution
  • Imperial crown
  • State crown
  • Triple Crown, the Papal Tiara
• The Crown, a term used to separate the government authority and property of the government from the personal influence and private assets held by the current Monarch of a kingdom.
• Crown attorney, the public prosecutor in Canada
• Crown colony, the former name of British overseas territories
• Crown copyright, government copyright in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth Realms
• Crown corporation, a state-controlled company in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth Realms
• Crown Court, one of the courts of England and Wales
• Crown debt, a debt due to the Crown in the United Kingdom
• Crown dependency, the territories of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man
• Crown entities, public organisations in New Zealand
• Crown Estate, the property held by the Monarch in the United Kingdom
• Crown jewels, the insignia of a sovereign
• Crown land, land belonging to the Crown
• Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, the public prosecution service of Scotland
• Crown of the Polish Kingdom, the territories of the Kingdom of Poland
• Crown Prince (or Crown Princess), the heir apparent in many monarchies (or the wife of a Crown Prince)
• Crown Research Institutes, a state-owned scientific research organisation in New Zealand
• Crown ward, a child who is the legal responsibility of the British Government

Currency:

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

Games:

• Crown (cards), a "fifth" suit in playing cards
• Crowning, the act of shooting an opponent in the back of the head with a shotgun in first-person shooters, considered a grave humiliation
• Iron Crown Enterprises, a roleplaying game publisher
• Wizard's Crown, a computer roleplaying game

Education:

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

Music:

• Casting Crowns, an American Christian soft rock band
• Crown Aruba, an American indie rock band
• Crown Imperial (musical composition), a piece of music by Sir William Walton
• Crown Records, a number of different record labels
• The Crown (band), a Swedish death metal band
• Crowned King, a Canadian rock and roll band
• Crown Audio, a manufacturer or pro-audio electronic equipment for live performance and studio recording use. [1]

Medicine, dentistry and anatomy:

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

Biology:

• Crown (botany), the branching leaf-bearing portion of a tree
• Crowned eagle, an African species of eagle
• Crown group, a group of living organisms
• Crown-of-thorns starfish, a poisonous starfish
• Crown-of-thorns (Euphorbia milii or Christplant), a variety of spurge
• Crown Vetch, a plant

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
• Triple Crown, the winning of three specific events in a variety of sports

Motor vehicles:

• Chrysler Crown Imperial, a model of Chrysler limousine
• Crown Coach Corporation, an American school bus manufacturer
• Ford Crown Victoria, a model of Ford car
• Toyota Crown, a model of Toyota car

Literature:

• Diu Crône, a German Arthurian romance.
• Crown (comics), an enemy of Spider-Man
• Iron Crown (Middle-earth), the crown of Morgoth
• Serpent Crown, an object from Marvel Comics

Ships:

• Crown Princess (ship), a cruise ship
• Norwegian Crown, a cruise ship

Military decorations and heraldry:

• Civic Crown, a Roman military decoration
• Grass Crown, a Roman military decoration
• Mural crown, a crown modelled after the walls of a castle
• Naval crown, a crown featuring the prows of ships

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

Other businesses:

• Crown Castle, an American communications company
• Crowne Plaza, an hotel chain
• Crown Wallpaper, a British wallpaper manufacturer

People:

• Lester Crown (born 1926), American businessman

Miscellaneous:

• Crown Burgers, a fast food restaurant chain in Salt Lake City, Utah
• Crown Cork, a type of bottle stopper
• Crown ether, a heterocyclic chemical compound
• Crown Royal, a Canadian whisky

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