Coronet (disambiguation)
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Animals
- Coronet or coronary band, an anatomical name for a part of a horse's legEquine forelimb anatomyThe equine forelimb of the horse is attached to the trunk of the animal by purely muscular connections...
just above the hoof. - Coronet, several species of hummingbirds in the genus BoissonneauaBoissonneauaBoissonneaua is a small genus of hummingbirds in the Trochilidae family. They are found in humid Andean forests from western Venezuela to southern Peru...
Businesses
- Coronet Camera CompanyCoronet Camera CompanyThe Coronet Camera Company was a British company most noted for its box cameras manufactured in the 1950s.-Products:Notable products include:* The Coronet Ambassador - a box camera taking 6x9cm format pictures on 120 film...
, a British camera manufacturer in business from 1926 to 1967 - Coronet FilmsCoronet FilmsCoronet Films was a producer and distributor of American educational films from 1946 to the early 1970s founded by David A. Smart...
, a producer and distributor of American educational films in business from 1946 until the 1970s - Coronet IndustriesCoronet IndustriesCoronet Industries Incorporated is a chemical company that operated a plant converting phosphate to animal feed outside of Plant City, Florida. The plant operated for over 100 years before closing in March 2004 in the midst of an investigation by the United States Environmental Protection Agency,...
, a phosphate company operating outside Plant City, Florida - Coronet Boats, a line of recreational boats and yachts built by Botved Boats in Denmark.
Military history
- Operation Coronet, the invasion of the Japanese island of Honshū by the Allies in Operation DownfallOperation DownfallOperation Downfall was the Allied plan for the invasion of Japan near the end of World War II. The operation was cancelled when Japan surrendered after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Soviet Union's declaration of war against Japan. The operation had two parts: Operation...
in World War II
Music
- The CoronetThe CoronetThe Coronet Theatre is a large live music and night-club venue with a 2,600 capacity located at 28 New Kent Road in Elephant and Castle, south central London, England...
, a music venue and former cinema in the Elephant and Castle area of London - The Coronets, a doo wop group popular in the early 1950s
- Epiphone CoronetEpiphone CoronetThe Epiphone Coronet is an entry level guitar previously manufactured by Epiphone. The guitar has been manufactured a number of times since its first production on the 1950s, guitar is not currently being manufactured.-History:...
, a solid-body electric guitar - The cornetCornetThe cornet is a brass instrument very similar to the trumpet, distinguished by its conical bore, compact shape, and mellower tone quality. The most common cornet is a transposing instrument in B. It is not related to the renaissance and early baroque cornett or cornetto.-History:The cornet was...
, a brass instrument
Printing and typing
- Coronet (typeface)Coronet (typeface)Coronet is an American typeface designed in 1937 by R. Hunter Middleton. It is also sometimes known as "Ribbon 131".-Uses in Popular Culture:*Andy Warhol's "signature" on the cover of Velvet Underground and Nico is done in this font....
, a decorative typeface - Coronet, a model of electric typewriter manufactured by Smith-Corona
Science fiction
- Coronet, the capital city of Corellia, a planet in the Star Wars universe
Ships
- Coronet (yacht)Coronet (yacht)The Coronet, a wooden-hull schooner yacht built in 1885, is one of the oldest and largest schooner yachts in the world.-History:left|thumb|200px|Page 1, The New York Times, March 27, 1887The schooner Coronet was designed by William Townsend and built for Rufus T. Bush by the C. & R. Poillon...
, built in 1885 - Coronet, a yacht built in 1928 and renamed USS Opal (PYc-8)USS Opal (PYc-8)USS Opal , formerly the yacht named Coronet , was a patrol boat in the United States Navy during World War II and then served in the Ecuadorian navy.-1928-1941: Yacht Coronet:...
for service in the United States Navy during World War II - USS Coronet (SP-194)USS Coronet (SP-194)USS Coronet was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919.Coronet was built as a civilian motorboat in 1905 at Morris Heights, New York. The U.S. Navy acquired her on 20 July 1917 for use as a patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned...
, a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1919
Video games
- Coronet, a series of Denjū in the video game Keitai Denjū Telefang 2
- Mt. Coronet, a location in the video games Pokémon Diamond and PearlPokémon Diamond and Pearlare role-playing games developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. With the enhanced remake Pokémon Platinum, the games comprise the fifth installment and fourth generation of the Pokémon series of RPGs...
, and Pokemon PlatinumPokémon Platinumis a title in the Pokémon series of video games. It was developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS handheld game console. It is an enhanced remake of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl in the same vein as Pokémon Yellow, Crystal, and Emerald were for their respective games...
See also
- Kind Hearts and CoronetsKind Hearts and CoronetsKind Hearts and Coronets is a 1949 British black comedy feature film. The plot is loosely based on the 1907 novel Israel Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal by Roy Horniman, with the screenplay written by Robert Hamer and John Dighton and the film directed by Hamer...
, a British film - Cornet (disambiguation)Cornet (disambiguation)- Music :*Cornet, a brass instrument that closely resembles the trumpet*A cornett or cornetto, a Renaissance instrument made entirely from wood, with woodwind-style holes,...
- CornetteCornetteA cornette is a piece of female headwear that was especially popular in the 15th to 17th century. It is essentially a type of wimple consisting of a large starched piece of white cloth that is folded upwards in such a way as to create the resemblance of horns on the wearer's head.Cornettes folded...