Crown

Crown names several entities associated with monarchy:

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• A crown (headgear), the headgear worn by a monarch, other high dignitaries, divinities etcetera.
• 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. Compare Crown colony, Crown land.
• Crowning, a Russian novel.

Crown is also the name of several currencies, originally bearing this symbol of the emitting monarchy (or modelled after such a coin) :

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• the British crown, see Crown (British coin)
• the Austro-Hungarian crown, see Austro-Hungarian krone
• the Czechoslovak crown, see Czechoslovak koruna
• the Slovak crown in WWII, see Slovak Crown (WWII)
• the Czech crown, see Czech koruna
• the Slovak crown, see Slovak koruna
• the Danish crown, see Danish krone
• the Faroese crown, see Faroese kr?na
• the Estonian crown, see Kroon
• the Icelandic crown, see Kr?na
• the Norwegian crown, see Norwegian krone
• the Swedish crown, see Krona

In first-person shooters, crowning is the act of shooting an opponent in the back of the head with a shotgun, and is considered a grave humiliation.

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Other entities and concepts named crown include:

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• Crown of the Polish Kingdom, territories of the Kingdom of Poland
• Crown College (California), one of the residential colleges at the University of California, Santa Cruz
• Crown College (Minnesota), a small private college in St. Bonifacius, Minnesota
• Crown International, Elkhart, Indiana, tape recorder and amplifier manufacturer.
• Crown Records, a record label
• Crown (anatomy), the top of the head
• Crown (botany), the branching leaf bearing portion of a tree.
• Crown (dentistry), a dental treatment
• Crown (game), a computer game
• Crown of Thorns
• The Crown (band), is a metal band
• Ford Crown Victoria, a Ford car
• Toyota Crown, a Toyota car

Crown related Images and Photos (experimental)

Crown Perfumery	Regal Crown	Cream Crown Flower	Caramel Crown Flower
Crown of Charlemagne	The Crown of Glory	Crown Prince Frederick William I	King's Crown
The Thomas Crown Affair	The Thomas Crown Affair	Queen Crown Fabric Poster Wall Hanging	Altar-Casting Crown