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.
- 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 króna
- the Estonian crown, see Kroon
- the Icelandic crown, see Króna
- the Norwegian crown, see Norwegian krone
- the Swedish crown, see Krona
- 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 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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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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Library Thief To Be Sentenced At Wood Green Crown Court Today
A London businessman who stole and damaged priceless books at the Bodleian Library and British Library is due to be sentenced at Wood Green Crown Court today.
Uneasy lies King Coal's crown
A hold on new coal plants hints it's time for a sooty monarch to clean up or step down.
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Double murder accused is remanded
A man makes his first crown court appearance charged with the murders of a Chinese couple in Newcastle.
Cops collar Craigslist Thomas Crown
Flashmob caper foiled by wig pickup Police say they've caught the armored truck robber who craftily recruited a crowd of unwitting, identically-dressed accomplices on Craigslist to serve as decoys for his getaway.?
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Last-gasp Hamilton takes F1 crown
Lewis Hamilton becomes Formula One's youngest champion after a nail-biting Brazilian Grand Prix.
Tsonga seals Paris Masters crown
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga claims his maiden Masters Series event by beating Argentine David Nalbandian 6-3 4-6 6-4 in the final of the Paris Masters.
Loeb celebrates fifth world crown
Sebastien Loeb wins a record fifth consecutive World Rally Championship crown after finishing third in the Japan Rally.
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