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コロナ — meaning in English

korona

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English meaning

  • corona noun The glowing outer atmosphere of the sun, visible as a bright ring during a total solar eclipse.

Senses

コロナ is used for these senses in English:

  • corona The luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun (the solar corona) or other star, extending millions of kilometres into space, most easily seen during a total solar eclipse.
  • coronavirus (virology) A member of the family Coronaviridae, comprising viruses which infect animals and human beings, and the genome of which consists of a single strand of RNA. [from 1968]

corona — full definition

  1. noun The glowing outer atmosphere of the sun, visible as a bright ring during a total solar eclipse.
  2. noun A ring or halo of light around a bright object, such as the sun or moon.
  3. noun A coronavirus, or informally, COVID-19.

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