Crown

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Crown may refer to:

Monarchy and government

• Crown (headgear), often an emblem of a monarchy, a monarch's government, or items endorsed by it
• Crown (heraldry), a depiction of a crown used in heraldry
• by metonymy, the term for a monarch or the form of government of a monarchy
  • The Crown, the legal embodiment of monarchical governance in a realm of the Commonwealth of Nations

Currency

• Contemporary currencies, see Crown (currency):
  • Czech koruna
  • Danish krone
  • Faroese króna
  • Icelandic króna
  • Norwegian krone
  • Swedish krona
• Historical currencies, see Crown (currency):
  • Austrian krone
  • Austro-Hungarian krone
  • Bohemian and Moravian koruna
  • Czechoslovak koruna
  • Estonian kroon
  • Hungarian korona
  • Slovak koruna
• Historical coins
  • the French Écu
  • Crown (English coin), an English coin introduced as part of King Henry VIII's monetary reform of 1526
  • Crown (British coin), a heavy silver coin
  • Crown (Australian coin)
  • the 5 Marks coin of the German gold mark

Science and medicine

• Life sciences:
  • Crown (anatomy), the top of the head
  • Crown (botany), the branching leaf-bearing portion of a tree
  • Crown group, in phylogenetics
  • Hair whorl, also known as a crown
• Dentistry:
  • Crown (dentistry), a dental treatment
  • Crown (tooth), a portion of a tooth
• Crown ether, in chemistry
• Crown graph, in graph theory

Motor vehicles

• Crown (automobile), an automobile built in Detroit, MI, in 1905
• Ford Crown Victoria
• Ford LTD Crown Victoria
• Toyota Crown, an automobile built for the Japanese and other select Asian markets
• Crown Pacer, a 1978 show car by American Motors; See AMC Pacer

Music

• Crown the Empire, an American metalcore band
• Crowns (band), an English folk punk band
• The Crown (band), a Swedish death/thrash band
• The Crown (Z-Ro album), 2014
• "Crown" (song), a song by Jay-Z
• "Crown" (Azealia Banks song), a 2017 song by Azealia Banks
• "The Crown", a single by Gary Byrd and the GB Experience
• Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps, a junior drum corps from South Carolina

Places

• Crown, Missouri, a community in the United States
• Crown, Inverness, an area situated beside the city centre of Inverness
• Crown Wetlands, Cayman Islands
• The Crown (mountain), a mountain in the Karakoram of China

Business and products

• Crown Lager, an Australian beer
• Crown Liquor Saloon, a pub in Belfast
• Crown Publishing Group
  • Crown, an imprint of Crown Publishing
• Crown Royal, a Canadian whiskey
• Crowns brand cigarettes, produced by Commonwealth Brands

Other uses

• HMS Crown, Royal Navy ships
• A cruise ship Crown, later MS Albatros
• Crown (1793 ship)
• Crown (comics), fictional character
• The Crown (TV series), about Queen Elizabeth II
• Crown (manga)
• Crown, the cross-sectional shape of a road surface
• Crown, the top or hinge of a bell
• Crown, the topmost part of a hat
• Crown, the grooved knob or dial on the outside of a watch case
• Crown, a whole turkey with the legs and wings removed to produce a joint of white meat

See also

• Ancient Roman awards for individuals' starring roles in warfare:
  • For rescues in battle:
    • Grass Crown, of a city
    • Civic Crown, of a citizen
  • For offensive tactical initiative:
    • Camp crown, in penetrating camp
    • Mural crown, in scaling city walls
    • Naval crown, in boarding enemy ship