rona

or Ro·na

[ roh-nuh ]

/ ˈroʊ nə /

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noun Slang.

COVID-19: I’m not even trying for a beach body this year, since rona ruined my summer plans.You think it won’t, but the Rona will knock you on your ass—it’s no joke, guys.

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Also called the ro·na, the Ro·na .

Origin of rona

First recorded in 2020; by shortening of (co)rona(virus)

Words nearby rona

romp through, Romulo, Romulus, Romulus and Remus, Romus, rona, Ronald, Ronan, Roncesvalles, ronco, rondavel

Other definitions for rona (2 of 2)

RONA

Accounting. return on net assets.

How to use rona in a sentence

This brief, innocent encounter was talked up by the waspish gossip columnist Rona Barrett.
The Week in Death: George Jacobs, Sinatra’s Domestic Confidant|The Telegraph|February 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The father claimed that his first wife, Rona Amir Mohammad, supported the girls in their Western ways.
When the Killer Is a Mother: The Tragedy of Three Murdered Teens in Canada|Asra Q. Nomani|February 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Gossip columnist Rona Barrett wore a terry beach robe and diamonds.
King of the Hollywood Hedonists|Robert Hofler|February 27, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Born in Queens, Rona Barrett was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy when she was 9.
The Vipers of Tinseltown|Lee Siegel|July 18, 2009|DAILY BEAST

Within an hour a boat was ready to take the homefarers to the Isle of Caves, as Rona is sometimes called.
The Divine Adventure etc. (Works vol. 4)|Fiona Macleod
And this was the dread which, after these long weeks since he had come to Rona, was upon Alan Carmichael.
The Divine Adventure etc. (Works vol. 4)|Fiona Macleod
In some inexplicable way his real or imaginary presence there upon Rona seemed a pre-ordained thing for him.
The Divine Adventure etc. (Works vol. 4)|Fiona Macleod
More than one of the old people on Rona and Borosay remembered that sgeul out of the Seanachas that the tale-tellers knew.
The Divine Adventure etc. (Works vol. 4)|Fiona Macleod
Another animal away at the show is the little eight-months old Skye terrier, “Rona.”
The Idler Magazine, Volume III, April 1893|Various

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