Carina
Appearance
Carina may refer to:
Places
[edit]Australia
[edit]- Carina, Queensland, a suburb in Brisbane
- Carina Heights, Queensland, a suburb in Brisbane
- Carina, Victoria, a locality in Mildura
Serbia
[edit]- Carina, Osečina, a village in the Kolubara District
People
[edit]- Carina (name), a given name (including a list of people with the name)
- Carina, a pet form of the given name Cara
- Carina, a Latinization of Cairenn, said to be the mother of Niall of the Nine Hostages
Anatomy
[edit]- Carina, the scientific name for an anatomical structure resembling a keel, such as the large keel on the breastbone in birds
- Carina of trachea, the point at which the trachea branches to form the two mainstem bronchi
Astronomy
[edit]- Carina (Chinese astronomy)
- Carina (constellation), a constellation
- Carina Dwarf, a dwarf galaxy orbiting the Milky Way
- Carina Nebula (NGC 3372)
Arts, entertainment, and media
[edit]- "Carina" (Corrado Lojacono song), a 1958 song covered by Sophia Loren, Dean Martin and Cliff Richard
- "Carina" (Larz-Kristerz song), a 2008 song by Swedish band Larz-Kristerz
- Carina Press, the digital-only publishing house from Harlequin Enterprises
- Carina (Marvel Cinematic Universe), a character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Storms
[edit]- Cyclone Carina, in the 2005–2006 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
- Severe Tropical Storm Talim (2012), in the 2012 Pacific typhoon season, known in the Philippines as Severe Tropical Storm Carina
- Typhoon Nida (2016), a 2016 Pacific typhoon known as Severe Tropical Storm Carina in the Philippines
- Typhoon Gaemi, a 2024 Pacific typhoon that became a Category 4-equivalent typhoon, known as Super Typhoon Carina in the Philippines
Other uses
[edit]- Carina, a Latin word for the keel of a ship or for its entire hull
- Carina Rugby League Football Club
- Toyota Carina, an automobile
- USS Carina (AK-74), a 1942 United States Navy cargo ship used in World War II
- Sailing yacht Carina, which disappeared off the Dublin coast in 1944
- Sailing yacht Carina II, which won the 1955 and 1957 Fastnet Races skippered by USA sailor Richard Nye
See also
[edit]- Cairina, a genus of duck
- Cariña, a variant of Carib language
- Carinae, an area of ancient Rome
- Carine (disambiguation)
- Karina (disambiguation)