What is "rona"

Rona, RONA or Róna may refer to:

Places

• North Rona, a Scottish island in the North Atlantic
• South Rona, a Scottish island in the Inner Hebrides
• Rona, Switzerland
• Tinizong-Rona, Swiss municipality
• Rona, a village in Jibou town, Sălaj County, Romania
• Rona, a peninsula/island of the Isle of May in Scotland
• Rona, Bellevue Hill, a historic house in the Sydney suburb of Bellevue Hill
• Rona de Jos and Rona de Sus, communes in Maramureș County, Romania
• Rona (river), a river in Maramureș County, Romania

People

• Rona (tribe) one of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes of India
• Rona, a variant diminutive of the Russian male first name Aaron

Noted individuals

• Rona Ambrose (b. 1969), interim leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons.
• Rona Anderson (1926–2013), a Scottish stage, film, and television actress
• Rona Barrett (b. 1936), an American gossip columnist and businesswoman
• Rona Fairhead, (b. 1961), a British businesswoman and chairwoman of the BBC Trust
• Rona Jaffe, (1931–2005), an American novelist
• Rona Mitra (b. 1975), an English actress, model and singer
• Rona Munro (b. 1959), a Scottish writer
• Rona Murray (b. 1986), a Canadian poet
• Rona Nishliu (b. 1986), a Kosovo-Albanian singer and radio presenter
• Rona Pondick (b. 1952), an American sculptor
• Rona Rupert (1934–1995), a South African author
• Rona Stevenson (1911–1988), a New Zealand politician

* Aliye Rona (1921–1996), a Turkish film actress

• Jaroslav Róna (b. 1957), a Czech sculptor, painter, actor, educator, and writer
• Jeff Rona (b. 1957), American film composer
• Thomas P. Rona (1923–1997), a 1980s era science adviser to the Defense Department and the White House under Presidents Reagan and Bush
• András Róna-Tas (b. 1931), a Hungarian historian and linguist

In fiction and mythology

• Rona (Ojamajo Doremi), a fictional character in the Japanese anime series Ojamajo Doremi
• Rona, a minor character on the American television program Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Rona, a legendary Maori woman who cursed the moon. Her legend is intertwined with that of the Myoporum laetum tree

Weather

• Cyclone Rona–Frank - A destructive cyclone that hit Queensland, Australia in February 1999

Other uses

• a racing yacht built in 1892 in New Zealand, named after the Rona of Maori legend

• Rona, Inc. a Canadian hardware and home improvement retailer
• S.S. Sturmbrigade R.O.N.A., a Russian military formation which fought for the Nazis in World War II
• Return on net assets, a measure of a company's financial performance which takes the use of assets into account

The Rona or Ronișoara is a right tributary of the river Iza in Romania. It discharges into the Iza in Sighetu Marmației.

Rona is a neighboruhood in Kristiansand, Norway. It is a part of the Oddernes borough at Søm. The neighborhood is next to European route E18. The closest school is Strømme Elementary school. All local bus lines goes through Rona. Rona mall opened up in 2014 with some stores, a fitness center and some apartments.