name
Meaning 1
A female given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
rona
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈɹəʊnə/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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US: /ˈɹoʊnə/
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rhymes with -əʊnə
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homophone: Rhona
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CMU ARPABET: R OW1 N AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
In Māori mythology, a legendary woman who cursed the moon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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name
Meaning 3
A surname from Hungarian.
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name
Meaning 4
South Rona, a small inhabited island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.
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name
Meaning 5
North Rona, a small and remote uninhabited island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
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name
Meaning 6
A Nazi puppet army under the command of the Waffen-SS compromising of Russian defectors
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Qualifier: World War II
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noun
Meaning 7
COVID-19.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, often, uncountable, with-definite-article
Examples
- If I caught the rona, I'd make sure I self-isolate for two weeks minimum!
- 2021 March 30 (publication date), Juan Nevarez Living With The Rona (description: "Living in a mostly isolated part of the country, [two people] are both surprised when they are infected with COVID-19.")
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noun
Meaning 8
Acronym of return on net assets.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Topics: accounting, business, economics, finance, sciences
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History
Etymology
Short for Corona.
From Hungarian Róna.
Possibly from Old Norse [Term?] (“rough island”). Doublet of Ronay.
Borrowed from Russian РОНА (RONA), short for Русская освободительная народная армия (Russkaja osvoboditelʹnaja narodnaja armija)
A clipping of corona, itself a clipping of coronavirus.
Of various abbreviations.