Rona

//ˈɹoʊnə// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 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. 2
    In Māori mythology, a legendary woman who cursed the moon.
  3. 3
    A surname from Hungarian.
  4. 4
    South Rona, a small inhabited island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.
  5. 5
    A Nazi puppet army under the command of the Waffen-SS compromising of Russian defectors historical
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  1. 6
    North Rona, a small and remote uninhabited island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
Noun
  1. 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. 2
    Acronym of return on net assets. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of

Etymology

Etymology 1

A clipping of corona, itself a clipping of coronavirus.

Etymology 2

Short for Corona.

Etymology 3

From Hungarian Róna.

Etymology 4

Possibly from Old Norse [Term?] (“rough island”). Doublet of Ronay.

Etymology 5

Of various abbreviations.

Etymology 6

Borrowed from Russian РОНА (RONA), short for Русская освободительная народная армия (Russkaja osvoboditelʹnaja narodnaja armija)

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