rona

alternative 'rona

1. informaloftenuncountablewith definite articleCOVID-19.

   If I caught the rona, I'd make sure I self-isolate for two weeks minimum!

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   “bruh you’re goat, I don’t get a paycheck for another week & even then I think my store is shutting down next week cos of rona,” one Twitter user replied to Lil Nas.

   2020 March 14, Rhian Daly, “Lil Nas X and Megan Thee Stallion offer fans financial assistance during coronavirus outbreak”, in NME

   The rona is out here getting everyone. NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski first dropped the “Wojbomb” that four Brooklyn Nets players test[ed] positive for COVID-19 but initially didn't release the names of those individuals.

   2020 March 17, Bernard Beanz Smalls, “Kevin Durant Confirms He's 1 of The 4 Brooklyn Nets With The Rona, Twitter Reacts”, in Hip-Hop Wired

   COVID19 might be shutting down the world as we know it (get better soon, Tom and Rita), but that rona can't stop the pod.

   2020 March 18, “'Better Things' Star Pamela Adlon is Everyone's Mom: Listen to Episode 19 of 'Watch Less'”, in Complex

   Morgan Stanley has offered some investment-banking employees $500 to cover equipment purchases, according to social media posts, which may soon result in more creative Rona Rigs on Instagram.

   2020 March 19, Tom Maloney, “Traders create ultimate work from home 'rona rigs'”, in The Australian Financial Review

   Jessie's dad can do a plank for 10 minutes so should he worry about getting the 'rona?

   2020 March 19, “Some Unexpected Coronavirus Dilemmas”, in Mamamia

   Synonyms: corona

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.

   1915, Angela Brazil, For the Sake of the School, reprint, published 2018, →ISBN, page 71

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   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.

   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

   “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.

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

1. human sciencesIn Māori mythology, a legendary woman who cursed the moon.

1. A surname from Hungarian.

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.

plural RONAs

1. abbreviationacronymaccountingAcronym of return on net assets.

1. historicalWorld War IIA Nazi puppet army under the command of the Waffen-SS compromising of Russian defectors