# coroa
## Galician
### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese corõa (“crown”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin corōna, from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “garland, wreath”).

#### Alternative forms

* croa

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /koˈɾoa̝/, /ˈkɾoa̝/

#### Noun

coroa f (plural coroas)
* crown
* (metonymically) sovereign
* (by extension) the government, the state
* krone
* (toponymy, archaeology) hill-fort; ringfort; locally, a walled Iron Age fort
** 1252, J.I. Fernández de Viana & al. (eds.), "El Tumbo de Caaveiro. 1ª Parte. | 2ª Parte", Cátedra (Revista eumesa de estudios), 4, page 353:
    commo departe per la coroa de Castro Reyriz, e commo se vay a dereito ao pescoço de Castro Maoas it departs from the crown of Castro [Castle/Hill fort] Reyriz, as it goes right into the neck of Castro Mao
* an ancient local currency
** 1396, Alexandra Cabana Outeiro, editor, O Tombo H da catedral de Santiago. Documentos anteriores a 1397, Valga: Concello de Valga, page 140:os quaes moravedís eu por noso mandado fisen troquar a ouro a XXXIIJ moravedís e medio o franquo, e a coroa a trijnta e sete moravedís, Jtem as dobras castelãas a trijnta e oyto moravedís e medio, jtem doblas mouriscas a trijnta e sete moravedís e medio, jtem frolíjns d'Aragón vijnte e dous moravedís e medio, jtem ducates a trijnta e dous moravedís e medioI ordered to exchange in gold the aforementioned sum of maravedis: 33 mo. and a half each franc; each crown 37 mo.; item, each Castilian dobla 38 mo. and a half; each Moorish dobla 37 mo. and a half; item, florins from Aragon, 22 mo. and a half; item, ducats, 32 mo. and a half
* tonsure

##### Related terms

* Croa
* coroa de frade (“woolly thistle”, literally “friar's crown”)
* coroación
* coroado
* coroamento
* coroar
* Coroas
* coronal
* Croas

#### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “coroa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “coroa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “coroa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “coroa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “coroa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

coroa
* inflection of coroar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /koˈɾo.ɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /koˈɾo.ɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /koˈɾo.a/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kuˈɾo.ɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kuˈɾo.ɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /kuˈɾo(w).ɐ/
* Hyphenation: co‧ro‧a

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese corõa (“crown”), from Latin corōna, from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “garland, wreath”), from Proto-Indo-European *kor, *ker. Doublet of corona.

#### Alternative forms

* corôa (obsolete)

#### Noun

coroa f (plural coroas)
* crown (royal, imperial or princely headdress)
* crown (imperial or regal power, or those who wield it)
* (heraldry) crown (as depicted above a coat of arms)
* (dentistry) crown (prosthetic covering for a tooth)
* tails (reverse side of a coin)
    Antonym: cara
* crown (any of various coins or currencies, including the krone, krona, koruna)

##### Related terms

* coroação
* coroado
* coroamento
* coroar
* corola
* corolário
* corona
* coronal
* coronário

#### Noun

coroa m or f by sense (plural coroas)
* (Brazil, colloquial) a middle-aged person

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

coroa
* inflection of coroar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative