Rona
name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 COVID-19. informal, often, uncountable, with-definite-article
"If I caught the rona, I'd make sure I self-isolate for two weeks minimum!"
- 2 Acronym of return on net assets. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 1 A female given name.
""Rona! Corona Mitchell! Corona Margarita! Cuckoo! Where've you gone to?" "Coo—ee!" came in reply from the distance, and presently Rona appeared beckoning vigorously."
- 2 In Māori mythology, a legendary woman who cursed the moon.
- 3 A surname from Hungarian.
- 4 South Rona, a small inhabited island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.
- 5 A Nazi puppet army under the command of the Waffen-SS compromising of Russian defectors historical
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- 6 North Rona, a small and remote uninhabited island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
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More examples"If I caught the rona, I'd make sure I self-isolate for two weeks minimum!"
Etymology
A clipping of corona, itself a clipping of coronavirus.
Short for Corona.
From Hungarian Róna.
Possibly from Old Norse [Term?] (“rough island”). Doublet of Ronay.
Of various abbreviations.
Borrowed from Russian РОНА (RONA), short for Русская освободительная народная армия (Russkaja osvoboditelʹnaja narodnaja armija)
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