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Betekenis (English)

1. A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.
2. A wreath or band for the head, especially one given as reward of victory or a mark of honor.
3. Any reward of victory or mark of honor.
4. Imperial or regal power, or those who wield it.
5. The sovereign (in a monarchy), as head of state.
6. The state, the government (headed by a monarch).
7. The police (referring to Crown Victoria police cars).
8. The top part of something:
9. The top part of something:
10. The top part of something:
11. The top part of something:
12. The top part of something:
13. The top part of something:
14. The top part of something:
15. The top part of something:
16. A kind of spire or lantern formed by converging flying buttresses.
17. Splendor; culmination; acme.
18. Any currency (originally) issued by the crown (regal power) and often bearing a crown (headdress); (translation) various currencies known by similar names in their native languages, such as the koruna, kruna, krone, korona.
19. A former predecimalization British coin worth five shillings.
20. A coin or note worth five shillings in various countries that are or were in the British Commonwealth, such as Ireland or Jamaica.
21. The part of a plant where the root and stem meet.
22. The top of a tree.
23. The part of a tooth above the gums.
24. A prosthetic covering for a tooth.
25. A knot formed in the end of a rope by tucking in the strands to prevent them from unravelling.
26. The part of an anchor where the arms and the shank meet.
27. The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line.
28. In England, a standard size of printing paper measuring 20 × 15 inches.
29. In American, a standard size of writing paper measuring 19 × 15 inches.
30. A monocyclic ligand having three or more binding sites, capable of holding a guest in a central location.
31. During childbirth, the appearance of the baby's head from the mother's vagina.
32. A rounding or smoothing of the barrel opening.
33. The area enclosed between two concentric perimeters.
34. A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.
35. A whole bird with the legs and wings removed to produce a joint of white meat.
36. (colloquial) A formal hat worn by women to Sunday church services; a church crown.
37. The knurled knob or dial, on the outside of a watch case, used to wind it or adjust the hands.

diadem

jacket crown

crown of the head

top of the head

top ring

tip top

tree-top

cloth band encircling head or waist

crown of head

capped tooth

catacorolla

uphearal

upswell

jogging

cope-stone

decoration for the head

cinciput

forest crown

Laws

sound bow

crown gear

arch crown

bow of head

crown wheel

tip side

apex of arch

roll crown

contrate wheel

degree of convexity

crown of arch

gibbose bunchy

top of head

head of a tree

korona

acknowledger

cassowary feather headdress

Frekwensie

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/kɹaʊn/

Inherited from Middle English

coroune

In summary

From Middle English coroune, from Anglo-Norman corone, from Latin corōna (“crown, wreath”), from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē). Doublet of corona, koruna, krone, krona, and króna. Displaced native Old English corenbēag (“crown”); and Middle English kinehelm, kynehelm, from Old English cynehelm (“crown”). * (paper size): So called because originally watermarked with a crown.

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crow

1. A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles; it has a harsh, croaking call.
2. Any of various dark-coloured nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euploea.
3. A bar of iron with a beak, crook or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar.
4. (slang) Someone who keeps watch while their associates commit a crime; a lookout.
5. A gangplank (corvus) used by the Ancient Roman navy to board enemy ships.
6. The mesentery of an animal.
7. An ill-tempered and obstinate woman, or one who otherwise has features resembling the bird; a harpy.
8. (slang) A black person.
9. (slang) The emblem of an eagle, a sign of military rank.