Meaning
The huge, teeming produce market in downtown Kingston — the biggest in Jamaica — where higglers and farmers from all over the island sell ground provisions, fruit, vegetables, fish, and wares. Known affectionately as 'Corrie', it is the beating heart of the island's food trade, loudest and busiest on the weekend, a sensory riot of colour, noise, and haggling.
Examples
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Wi go dung a Coronation Market fi buy provision cheap.
We go down to Coronation Market to buy provisions cheap.
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Di higgler dem load up from Corrie.
The vendors stock up from Coronation Market.
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Coronation pack pon a Saturday.
Coronation Market is packed on a Saturday.
Origin
Named 'Coronation' Market; downtown Kingston's largest produce market ('Corrie'). See [[market-day]], [[higgler]].
How it’s used
Jamaica's largest produce market, downtown Kingston ('Corrie'). See [[market-day]], [[higgler]], [[higglering]].