Clarion \Clar"i*on\, n. [OE. clarioun, OF. clarion, F. clairon,
LL. clario, claro; so called from its clear tone, fr. L.
clarus clear. See Clear.]
A kind of trumpet, whose note is clear and shrill.
[1913 Webster]
He sounds his imperial clarion along the whole line of
battle. --E. Everett.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
clarion
adj : loud and clear; "a clarion call"
n : a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone
v 1: blow the clarion
2: proclaim on, or as if on, a clarion
WordNet (r) 2.0
165 Moby Thesaurus words for "clarion":
English horn, alpenhorn, alphorn, althorn, alto horn, bagpipe,
ballad horn, baritone, bass horn, bassoon, bay, beep, bell, blare,
blast, blat, block flute, blow, blow a horn, blow the horn,
bombard, bourdon, brass choir, brass wind, brass-wind instrument,
brasses, bray, bugle, bugle call, bugle horn, call to arms,
call-up, carillon, catchword, cello, claribel, clarinet,
clarion call, clear, cloudless, concert flute, conscription,
cornet, cornet-a-pistons, corno di caccia, cornopean, cromorna,
cymbel, diapason, doodle, double-bell euphonium, double-tongue,
dulciana, euphonium, exhortation, fife, fine, flute, flute stop,
foundation stop, fourniture, gamba, gedeckt, gemshorn,
go for broke, gung ho, harmonic flute, helicon, honk, horn,
hunting horn, hybrid stop, key trumpet, koppel flute, larigot,
levy, lip, lituus, lur, mellophone, melodia, mixture, mobilization,
muster, mutation stop, nazard, oboe, octave, ophicleide,
orchestral horn, organ stop, peal, piccolo, pipe, pleasant,
plein jeu, pocket trumpet, posaune, post horn, principal, quint,
quintaten, rainless, rally, rallying cry, rank, ranket, rebel yell,
recruitment, reed stop, register, rohr flute, sackbut, saxhorn,
saxtuba, serpent, sesquialtera, shawm, shriek, slide trombone,
sliphorn, slogan, sound, sound a tattoo, sound taps, sousaphone,
spitz flute, squeal, stop, stopped diapason, stopped flute,
string diapason, string stop, sunny, sunshiny, tenor tuba, tierce,
tongue, toot, tootle, tremolo, triple-tongue, tromba, trombone,
trumpet, trumpet call, tuba, tweedle, twelfth, unclouded,
unda maris, undarkened, valve trombone, valve trumpet, vibrato,
viola, voix celeste, vox angelica, vox humana, war cry, war whoop,
watchword, whistle, wind, wind the horn
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Clarion
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The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
Clarion, IA (city, FIPS 13620)
Location: 42.73205 N, 93.73213 W
Population (1990): 2703 (1264 housing units)
Area: 7.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 50525
Clarion, PA (borough, FIPS 13800)
Location: 41.21015 N, 79.38045 W
Population (1990): 6457 (1917 housing units)
Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 16214
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Clarion -- U.S. County in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 41765
Housing Units (2000): 19426
Land area (2000): 602.439551 sq. miles (1560.311207 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 6.507066 sq. miles (16.853222 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 608.946617 sq. miles (1577.164429 sq. km)
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 41.161371 N, 79.440521 W
Headwords:
Clarion
Clarion, PA
Clarion County
Clarion County, PA
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
Clarion, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 6185
Housing Units (2000): 2192
Land area (2000): 1.492961 sq. miles (3.866752 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.029960 sq. miles (0.077596 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.522921 sq. miles (3.944348 sq. km)
FIPS code: 13800
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 41.211791 N, 79.384005 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 16214
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Clarion, PA
Clarion
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Clarion, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 2968
Housing Units (2000): 1355
Land area (2000): 2.744095 sq. miles (7.107172 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.744095 sq. miles (7.107172 sq. km)
FIPS code: 13620
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 42.731112 N, 93.731095 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 50525
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Clarion, IA
Clarion
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
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