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 government of a monarchy
  • The Crown, the legal embodiment of Executive Government in Commonwealth countries

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
  • 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 10 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
• 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
• "Crown" (song), a song by Jay-Z
• "The Crown", a single by Gary Byrd and the GB Experience

Places

• 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 Publishing Group
• Crown Lager, an Australian beer
• Crowns brand cigarettes, produced by Commonwealth Brands

Other uses

• HMS Crown, Royal Navy ships
• Crown (comics), fictional character
• The Crown (TV series)
• 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

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