Rona

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rona"

English

Etymology 1

Short for Corona.

Proper noun

Rona

1. A female given name.
   • 1915, Angela Brazil, For the Sake of the School, reprint, published 2018, →ISBN, page 71:

     "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.

   • 1952, letter from Netherton William Langford Watson to Diane Curtis [Watson], quoted in 2019, Peter J F Coutts, Alan Watson, The Watsons of Kilconnor, County Carlow, 1650 – present, Paragon Publishing, page 431:

     I feel that I should like if possible to contribute that I am enclosing the usual cheque with the request that you will pass on the usual fiver to Rona [Corona Watson] with my best love.

   • 2011, M. R. Tighe, Judgment on Tartarus, Wheatmark, Inc., →ISBN, page 3:

     “Scott—Corona Scott.” She stretched to shake his hand across the narrow aisle. “But my friends call me Rona—Corona sounds a bit uppish, so I've been told.” “Gordon C. McCormick—Gordy,” he introduced himself, giving her another grin.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Rona

1. (mythology) In Māori mythology, a legendary woman who cursed the moon.

Etymology 3

From Hungarian Róna.

Proper noun

Rona

1. A surname from Hungarian.

Etymology 4

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Rona

1. South Rona, a small inhabited island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.
2. North Rona, a small and remote uninhabited island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.

Anagrams

• Arno, Aron, NRAO, Nora, Oran, roan

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian Róna, from Old Church Slavonic равьна (ravĭna), feminine form of равьнъ (ravĭnŭ, “flat, plain”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Rona f

1. A village in Jibou, Sălaj, Romania