• Crown (anatomy)
  Crown (anatomy)
  A crown is the top of the head.The following birds and other animals are said to have a crown on their head:* Cranes** Grey-crowned Crane** Red-crowned Crane** Black-crowned Crane* Crowned eagle* Gray-crowned Rosy Finch* Yellow-crowned Gonolek...
  
  , a part of the head or of a hat
• Headgear
  • Coronet
    Coronet
    A coronet is a small crown consisting of ornaments fixed on a metal ring. Unlike a crown, a coronet never has arches.The word stems from the Old French coronete, a diminutive of coronne , itself from the Latin corona .Traditionally, such headgear is – as indicated by the German equivalent...
    
    , a small crown consisting of ornaments fixed on a metal ring. Unlike a crown, a coronet never has arches.[citation needed]
  • Crown (headgear)
    Crown (headgear)
    A crown is the traditional symbolic form of headgear worn by a monarch or by a deity, for whom the crown traditionally represents power, legitimacy, immortality, righteousness, victory, triumph, resurrection, honour and glory of life after death. In art, the crown may be shown being offered to...
    
    , ceremonial headgear
  • Tiara
    Tiara
    A tiara is a form of crown. There are two possible types of crown that this word can refer to.Traditionally, the word "tiara" refers to a high crown, often with the shape of a cylinder narrowed at its top, made of fabric or leather, and richly ornamented. It was used by the kings and emperors of...
    
    , a type of crown

Ancient Egypt

• Hedjet
  Hedjet
  Hedjet is the formal name for the White Crown of pharaonic Upper Egypt. The crown was white and, after the unification of Egypt, it was combined with the Red Crown of Lower Egypt, with the delta to form the Pschent, the Double Crown of Egypt...
  
  , the white crown
• Deshret
  Deshret
  Deshret, from ancient Egyptian, was the formal name for the Red Crown of and for the desert Red Land on either side of Kemet, the fertile Nile river basin. The end has a curly wire on it, that represents the proboscis of a honey bee. Deshret or DSRT also represents the insect known as the honeybee...
  
  , the red crown
• Pschent
  Pschent
  The Pschent was the name of the Double Crown of Ancient Egypt. The Ancient Egyptians generally referred to it as sekhemti , the Two Powerful Ones. It combined the Red Deshret Crown of Lower Egypt and the White Hedjet Crown of Upper Egypt....
  
  , the double crown

Ancient Rome

• Civic Crown
  Civic Crown
  The Civic Crown was a chaplet of common oak leaves woven to form a crown. During the Roman Republic, and the subsequent Principate, it was regarded as the second highest military decoration to which a citizen could aspire...
  
  , a chaplet of common oak leaves woven to form a crown
• Grass Crown
  Grass Crown
  The Grass Crown or Blockade Crown was the highest and rarest of all military decorations in the Roman Republic and early Roman empire. It was presented only to a general, commander, or officer whose actions saved the legion or the entire army...
  
  , the highest and rarest of all military decorations in the Roman Republic and early Roman empire
• Naval crown
  Naval crown
  The Naval Crown was a gold crown surmounted with the prows of ships. It was a Roman military award, given to the first man who boarded an enemy ship during a naval engagement....
  
  , a gold crown awarded to the first man who boarded an enemy ship during a naval engagement. In style, the crown was made of gold and surmounted with the prows of ships
• Consort crown
  Consort crown
  A consort crown is a crown worn by the consort of a monarch for her coronation or on state occasions.Unlike with reigning monarchs, who may inherit one or more crowns for use, consorts sometimes had special crowns made uniquely for them and which were worn by no other later consort.All British...
  
  , a crown worn by the consort of a monarch for her coronation or on state occasions
• Coronation crown
  Coronation crown
  A coronation crown is a crown used by a monarch when being crowned. In some monarchies, monarchs did not wear the one crown but had a number of crowns for different occasions; a coronation crown for the moment of coronation, and a state crown for general usage in state ceremonial...
  
  , a crown used by a monarch when being crowned
• Hoop crown
  Hoop crown
  A hoop crown is a crown consisting of a "band around the temples and one or two bands over the head". First used by the Carolingian dynasty, hoop crowns became increasingly popular among royal dynasties in the Late Middle Ages, and the dominant type of crown in the Modern Era.-Origins:Hoop crowns...
  
  , a crown consisting of a "band around the temples and one or two bands over the head"
• Imperial crown
  Imperial crown
  An Imperial Crown is a crown used for the coronation of emperors.- Imperial Crowns with Mitre :-Legal usage:Throughout the Commonwealth Realms, The Crown is an abstract concept which represents the legal authority for the existence of any government...
  
  , a crown used for the coronation of emperors
• Mural crown
  Mural crown
  -Usage in ancient times:In Hellenistic culture, a mural crown identified the goddess Tyche, the embodiment of the fortune of a city, familiar to Romans as Fortuna...
  
  , identified the goddess Tyche, the embodiment of the fortune of a city, familiar to Romans as Fortuna

Commonwealth realms

• The Crown
  The Crown
  The Crown is a corporation sole that in the Commonwealth realms and any provincial or state sub-divisions thereof represents the legal embodiment of governance, whether executive, legislative, or judicial...
  
  , the legal embodiment of Executive Government in Commonwealth countries
• State crown
  State crown
  A state crown is the working crown worn by a monarch on recurring state occasions such as State Openings of Parliament, as opposed to the coronation crown with which they would be formally crowned....
  
   (primarily British but may be applied to other monarchies), the working crown worn by a monarch on recurring state occasions such as State Openings of Parliament, as opposed to the coronation crown with which they would be formally crowned

Other

• Crown (heraldry)
  Crown (heraldry)
  A Crown is often an emblem of the monarchy, a monarch's government, or items endorsed by it; see The Crown. A specific type of crown is employed in heraldry under strict rules....
  
  , often an emblem of the monarchy, a monarch's government, or items endorsed by it; see The Crown
• Crown of St. Stephen
  Crown of St. Stephen
  The Holy Crown of Hungary , also known as the Crown of Saint Stephen, was the coronation crown used by the Kingdom of Hungary for most of its existence.The Crown was bound to the Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen, The Holy Crown of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyar Szent Korona, German: Stephanskrone,...
  
  , Hungary's Holy Crown
• Papal Tiara
  Papal Tiara
  The Papal Tiara, also known incorrectly as the Triple Tiara, or in Latin as the Triregnum, in Italian as the Triregno and as the Trirègne in French, is the three-tiered jewelled papal crown, supposedly of Byzantine and Persian origin, that is a prominent symbol of the papacy...
  
   or Triple Tiara, the papal crown
• Crown of Saint Wenceslas
  Crown of Saint Wenceslas
  Crown of Saint Wenceslas is the part of Bohemian crown jewels made in 1347. The eleventh king of Bohemia from the House of Luxembourg, and Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV had it made for his coronation and forthwith he dedicated it to the first patron saint of the country St...
  
  , the Crown of Kingdom of the Czech Lands (Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia - today Czech Republic)

Sports

• Triple Crown (disambiguation), a series of three major events that establishes dominance in a discipline

Currency

• Crown (British coin), iginally known as the "crown of the double rose", was an English coin introduced as part of King Henry VIII's monetary reform of 1526 with the value of 5 shillings
• Koruna (disambiguation)
• Krona (disambiguation)
• Krone (disambiguation)
• Estonian kroon
  Estonian kroon
  In 1992, coins were introduced in denominations of 5, 10, 20 & 50 senti, as well as 1 kroon. The 1 kroon was struck in cupronickel, the others in aluminum-bronze. However, in 1997, nickel-plated steel 20 senti were introduced, followed by aluminum-bronze 1 kroon in 1998. 5 senti coins were not...
  
  , the official currency of Estonia for two periods in history: 1928–1940 and 1992–2011
• Hungarian korona
  Hungarian korona
  The Hungarian korona was the replacement currency of the Austro-Hungarian Krone/korona amongst the boundaries of the newly created post-World War I Hungary. It suffered a serious inflation and was replaced by the pengő in 1925...
  
  , the replacement currency of the Austro-Hungarian Krone/korona amongst the boundaries of the newly created post-World War I Hungary

Places

• Crown, Inverness
  Crown, Inverness
  Crown is an area situated beside the city centre of Inverness, the capital city of the Scottish Highlands. In general, the area's housing dates back to the Victorian or Edwardian era....
  
  
• Crown Gardens, Gauteng
  Crown Gardens, Gauteng
  Crown Gardens is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region 9....
  
  , a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa
• Crown Hill (disambiguation) (various places)
• Crown North, Gauteng
  Crown North, Gauteng
  Crown North is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region 9....
  
  , a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa
• Crown Point (disambiguation) (various places)

Education

• Crown College, University of California, Santa Cruz
  Crown College, University of California, Santa Cruz
  Crown College is one of the residential colleges that makes up the University of California, Santa Cruz, USA.Despite its thematic grounding in natural science and technology, like at all UCSC colleges, Crown students major in subjects across all disciplines...
  
  , a residential college
• Crown College (Minnesota)
  Crown College (Minnesota)
  Crown College is a private Christian college in St. Bonifacius, Minnesota, an exurb of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. It is affiliated with the Christian and Missionary Alliance and is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and...
  
  , a small private college in St. Bonifacius, Minnesota
• Crown College (Tennessee)
  Crown College (Tennessee)
  The Crown College, also called Crown College of the Bible, is an Independent Baptist bible college, seminary, and music conservatory in Powell, Tennessee. The college offers the Bachelor of Biblical Studies degree, with concentrations in pastoral ministry, youth ministry, missions, music ministry...
  
  , an unaccredited school with approximately 900 students
• Crown College (Tacoma)
  Crown College (Tacoma)
  Crown College was a small, for-profit, predominantly online college located in Tacoma, Washington. Crown College lost its educational accreditation on July 31, 2007 and it suspended operations on August 10, 2007.- History :...
  
  , a small, for-profit, predominantly online college located in Tacoma, Washington

Literature, theatre and films

• A crown of sonnets
  Crown of sonnets
  A crown of sonnets or sonnet corona is a sequence of sonnets, usually addressed to some one person, and/or concerned with a single theme....
  
   is a group of related sonnets
• Crown (comics)
  Crown (comics)
  In the fictional Marvel Universe, The Crown is an affiliate of the Allies of Hydra, Dr. Andrea Janson, and Fortunato, also an enemy of Spider-Man, Hammerhead, S.H.O.C., and Morbius, the Living Vampire.-Origin:...
  
  , an enemy of Spider-Man
• Diu Crône
  Diu Crône
  Diu Crône is a Middle High German Arthurian poem of about 30,000 lines, dating from around the 1220s and attributed to Heinrich von dem Türlin...
  
  , an Arthurian romance

Music and audio

• The Crown (band)
  The Crown (band)
  The Crown is a death / thrash metal band from Trollhättan, Sweden. Originally, they used the name Crown of Thorns but were forced to change their name due to another band already using that name. Their music and lyrics are inspired by death, antireligious themes and rebellion. They are known to...
  
  , a Swedish death/thrash band
• "The Crown", a single by Gary Byrd and the GB Experience
  Gary Byrd and the GB Experience
  Gary Byrd and the GB Experience was an American male/female vocal/instrumental group, who had a single titled "The Crown", in the UK Singles Chart. It was released on the Motown label, entered the chart on 23 July 1983, and rose to a high of number 6; it remained in the chart for 9 weeks...
  
  

Science

• Crown (anatomy)
  Crown (anatomy)
  A crown is the top of the head.The following birds and other animals are said to have a crown on their head:* Cranes** Grey-crowned Crane** Red-crowned Crane** Black-crowned Crane* Crowned eagle* Gray-crowned Rosy Finch* Yellow-crowned Gonolek...
  
  , the top of the head
• Crown (botany)
  Crown (botany)
  The crown of a plant refers to the totality of the plant's aboveground parts, including stems, leaves, and reproductive structures. A plant canopy consists of one or more plant crowns growing in a given area....
  
  , the branching leaf-bearing portion of a tree
• Crown ether
  Crown ether
  Crown ethers are cyclic chemical compounds that consist of a ring containing several ether groups. The most common crown ethers are oligomers of ethylene oxide, the repeating unit being ethyleneoxy, i.e., -CH2CH2O-. Important members of this series are the tetramer , the pentamer , and the hexamer...
  
  , a family of heterocyclic molecules
• Crown group
  Crown group
  A crown group is a group consisting of living representatives, their ancestors back to the most recent common ancestor of that group, and all of that ancestor's descendants. The name was given by Willi Hennig, the formulator of phylogenetic systematics, as a way of classifying living organisms...
  
  , a group of living organisms
• Crown vetch
  Crown Vetch
  Securigera varia, commonly known as Crown Vetch or Purple Crown Vetch, is a low-growing legume vine. It is native to Africa, Asia and Europe and is commonly used throughout the United States and Canada for erosion control, roadside planting and soil rehabilitation...
  
  , a plant

Religion

• Sahasrara
  Sahasrara
  Sahasrara/ Sahastrara is the seventh primary chakra according to Hindu tradition.-Location:Sahasrara is either located at the top of the head in that one area, or a little way above it .-Appearance:Sahasrara is described with 1,000 multi-coloured petals which are arranged in 20 layers each of them...
  
  , the crown chakra in Hindu tradition
• Crown of Thorns
  Crown of Thorns
  In Christianity, the Crown of Thorns, one of the instruments of the Passion, was woven of thorn branches and placed on Jesus Christ before his crucifixion...
  
  , in Christianity, the headgear placed on Jesus before his execution
• Crown of Immortality
  Crown of Immortality
  The Crown of Immortality is a literary and religious metaphor traditionally represented in art first as a laurel wreath and later as a symbolic circle of stars...
  
  , a literary and religious metaphor appearing in Baroque art
• Crown of the Andes
  Crown of the Andes
  The Crown of the Andes, or La Corona de Nuestra Senora de los Andes, is a votive crown originally made for a larger than life-size statue of the Virgin in the Cathedral of Popayán, Colombia. The crown is 34.5 cm high, 52 cm in circumference, weighs 2.18 kilos in all and is made from 18 - 22 carat...
  
  , a religious crown once used in Holy Week ceremonies in Popayan
• Franciscan Crown
  Franciscan Crown
  The Franciscan Crown is a rosary consisting of seven decades in commemoration of the Seven Joys of the Virgin, namely, the Annunciation, the Visitation, the Nativity of Jesus, the Adoration of the Magi, the Finding in the Temple, the Resurrection of Jesus, and either the Assumption of Mary, or the...
  
  , a type of rosary prayer

Businesses

• Crown Castle
  Crown Castle
  Crown Castle International Corp. is an American corporation headquartered in Houston, Texas, which provides infrastructure for broadcasting and mobile telephony. It operates in the United States, Puerto Rico and Australia...
  
  , an American communications company
• Crown Equipment Corporation
  Crown Equipment Corporation
  A privately held, family-owned U.S. company, Crown Equipment Corporation is the fourth largest manufacturer of powered industrial forklift trucks in the world. According to industry reports, Crown had $1.6 billion in worldwide sales revenue for fiscal year 2009. Crown has appeared at least ten...
  
  , a manufacturer of industrial lift trucks
• Crown Financial Ministries
  Crown Financial Ministries
  Crown Financial Ministries is a nondenominational, evangelical Christian ministry with the mission of equipping Christians around the world to learn, apply and teach financial principles which they claim are based on the Bible...
  
  , a non-profit financial services entity
• Crown Holdings
  Crown Holdings
  Crown Holdings Incorporated , formerly Crown Cork & Seal Company, is an American company producing packaging. Founded in 1892, it is currently headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From a modest beginning in 1892, the company had emerged as the world’s leading packaging company, and as of...
  
  , a packaging products company
• Crown Hotel, Nantwich
  Crown Hotel, Nantwich
  The Crown Hotel, also known as the Crown Inn, is a timber-framed, black-and-white hotel and public house located at 24–26 High Street in the town of Nantwich in Cheshire, England. The present building dates from shortly after 1583...
  
  , a grade-I-listed 16th-century inn
• Crown International
  Crown International
  Crown International, or Crown Audio, is a manufacturer of audio electronics, and is a subsidiary of Harman International Industries. Today the company is known primarily for its power amplifiers, but has also manufactured microphones, a line of commercial audio products as well as digital audio...
  
  , amplifier and microphone manufacturer founded in 1947
• Crown International Pictures
  Crown International Pictures
  Crown International Pictures is an independent film studio formed in 1959 by Newton P. Jacobs Jacobs was a former branch head of RKO Pictures until 1947 when he formed his own company "Favorite Films"; a film releasing organisation. Jacobs became one of the first franchises for showing American...
  
  , a film production company
• Crown Limited
  Crown Limited
  Crown Limited is one of Australia's largest gaming and entertainment groups. At June 2010, Crown Limited had a market capitalisation of just over A$6 billion and accounted for 27.53% of the S&P/ASX 200 Hotels Restaurants & Leisure Industry Group....
  
  , an Australian gaming and entertainment company established in 2007
• Crown Media
  Crown Media
  Crown Media Holdings, Inc. is a United States media production company with corporate headquarters located in Studio City, California, and is controlled by Hallmark Cards....
  
  , a media production company
• Crowne Plaza
  Crowne Plaza
  Crowne Plaza is a chain of full service, upscale hotels catering to business travelers and to the meetings and conventions market. It forms part of the InterContinental Hotels Group family of brands, which include InterContinental and Holiday Inn and operates in 52 countries, usually located in...
  
  , a hotel chain
• Crown Paints
  Crown Paints
  -History:The origins of the business lie in the history of paint making in Darwen which can be traced back to the late 1850s. It initially traded as WalPaMur after the initials of The Wall Paper Manufacturers' Company...
  
  , a British paint manufacturer
• Crown Publishing Group
  Crown Publishing Group
  -External links:*...
  
  , a subsidiary of Random House
• Crown Records
  Crown Records
  -Modern Records subsidiary:One Crown Records was a Budget Albums record label founded as a subsidiary of Modern Records.-Singles:* 19??: "Musso's Boogie" b/w "Sing Sing Sing" * 19??: "???" b/w "???" * 19??: "???" b/w "???"...
  
  , a number of different record labels
• Crown Wallpaper
  Crown Wallpaper
  Crown Wallpaper was an agglomeration of wallpaper manufacturers in the United Kingdom in 1899....
  
  , a British wallpaper manufacturer
• Crown Worldwide Group
  Crown Worldwide Group
  The Crown Worldwide Group, headquartered in Hong Kong, provides transportation, relocation services, logistics and storage services from offices in 55 countries...
  
  , a relocation company based in Hong Kong

Motor vehicles

• Crown (automobile), an automobile built in Detroit, MI, in 1905
• Crown Coach Corporation
  Crown Coach Corporation
  Crown Coach Corporation was a manufacturer of school buses and fire trucks located in southern California. Crown closed in March 1991 due to declining demand for school buses at the time.-History:Crown Coach Corporation was founded by Don M...
  
  , an American school bus manufacturer
• Toyota Crown
  Toyota Crown
  The Toyota Crown is a line of full-size luxury sedans by Toyota. The range was primarily available in Japan and some other Asian countries, originally designed to serve as a taxi...
  
  , a model of Toyota car

Other

• The Crown
  The Crown
  The Crown is a corporation sole that in the Commonwealth realms and any provincial or state sub-divisions thereof represents the legal embodiment of governance, whether executive, legislative, or judicial...
  
  , in the Commonwealth realms a corporation sole which is the legal embodiment of governance
• Crown glass (disambiguation), the name for high quality glasses used in optics or glazing
• Crown Lager
  Crown Lager
  Crown Lager is a 4.9% premium Australian beer originally made by Carlton & United Breweries .Crown Lager was originally brewed in 1919 as "Fosters Crown Lager" and was initially only available to visiting dignitaries that visited Australia...
  
  , a beer brewed in Melbourne since 1919
• Lester Crown
  Lester Crown
  Lester Crown is the son of Chicago financier Henry Crown , who created Material Service with two brothers in 1919, which merged with General Dynamics in 1959. He has been a perennial member of the Forbes 400 list since 1982...
  
   (born 1926), American businessman
• HMS Crown
  HMS Crown
  Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Crown. Another was planned but never completed: was a 48-gun ship launched as Taunton in 1654. She was renamed HMS Crown in 1660, was rebuilt in 1704 and wrecked in 1719. was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1747, used as a storeship from 1757,...
  
  , the name of five ships of the Royal Navy and one planned one
• Norwegian Crown, a cruise ship
• Crown Royal
  Crown Royal
  Crown Royal is a blended Canadian whisky, 40% alcohol by volume, 80 proof. The brand is currently owned by Diageo, who purchased it when the Seagram portfolio was dissolved in the year 2000. It is the top-selling Canadian whisky in the United States....
  
  , a brand of Whiskey

See also

• List of royal crowns
• Corona (disambiguation)
  Corona (disambiguation)
  A corona is the outer atmosphere of a star.Corona may also refer to:-Astronomy and space science:* Corona , a large ovoid planetary feature* Corona , a 1959–72 United States reconnaissance satellite program-Biology:...
  
  
• Horned helmet
  Horned helmet
  European Bronze Age and Iron Age helmets with horns are known from a few depictions, and even fewer actual finds. Such helmets mounted with animal horns or replicas of them were probably used for religious ceremonial or ritual purposes.-Prehistoric Europe:...
  
  , known from a few depictions, and even fewer actual finds. Such helmets mounted with animal horns or replicas of them were probably used for religious ceremonial or ritual purposes
• Heraldry: Helm and crest, the profession, study, or art of creating, granting, and blazoning arms and ruling on questions of rank or protocol, as exercised by an officer of arms. Heraldry comes from Anglo-Norman herald, from the Germanic compound harja-waldaz, "army commander"