Clarion may refer to:

Music

* Clarion (instrument), a type of trumpet used in the Middle Ages * The register of a clarinet that ranges from B4 to C6 * A trumpet organ stop that usually plays an octave above unison pitch * "Clarion" (song), a 2008 single by multinational band Guillemots

Places

Mexico

* Clarion Island (Isla Clarión), Colima

United States

Clarion, Illinois Clarion is an unincorporated community in Bureau County, Illinois, Bureau County, Illinois, United States. Clarion is located along a railroad line southwest of Mendota, Illinois, Mendota. Though Clarion is usually perceived as the area where the ...

* Clarion, Iowa * Clarion, Michigan * Clarion, Utah, a ghost town settled as a Jewish farming colony

Pennsylvania

* Clarion County, Pennsylvania **

Clarion, Pennsylvania Clarion is a borough in and the county seat of Clarion County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located north-northeast of Pittsburgh and is part of the Pittsburgh DMA. Clarion was settled in 1839 and incorporated in 1841. In the past, the s ...

, a borough in and the county seat of Clarion County ** Clarion Township, Clarion County, Pennsylvania * Clarion River, Pennsylvania, a tributary of the Allegheny River * Clarion University of Pennsylvania, a public university located in Clarion, Pennsylvania

Publishing

* '' Peninsula Clarion'', a regional newspaper published in Kenai, Alaska, U.S. * ''

Clarion Herald The ''Clarion Herald'' is the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of New Orleans. Description The stated mission of the ''Clarion Herald'' is to chronicle the activities and events of local church parishes around the Archdiocese. However, ...

'', the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of New Orleans in the U.S. state of Louisiana * ''Clarion'' (magazine), a literary magazine published in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. * '' The Clarion-Ledger'', a daily newspaper in the U.S. state of Mississippi, and the second oldest company in that state * Clarion Workshop, a science fiction and fantasy workshop based in San Diego, California, U.S. * Clarion West Writers Workshop, a science fiction and fantasy workshop based in Seattle, Washington, U.S. * ''The Clarion'' (British newspaper), a defunct weekly socialist newspaper that was published in the United Kingdom * '' Western Clarion'', a defunct newspaper that served as the official organ of the Socialist Party of Canada from 1903 to 1925 * ''The Clarion'', a defunct quarterly magazine published by the American Folk Art Museum from 1971 until 1992 * Clarion Books, a young adult publishing imprint of

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (; HMH) is an American publisher of textbooks, instructional technology materials, assessments, reference works, and fiction and non-fiction for both young readers and adults. The company is based in the Financial Dist ...

* ''The Clarion'' (Canadian newspaper), the Canadian newspaper started by Carrie Best in 1946 * DU Clarion, university newspaper of the University of Denver

Computing

* CLARION (cognitive architecture) * Clarion (programming language) * CLARiiON, an EMC disk array

Animals

* Clarion nightsnake (''Hypsiglena unaocularis''), a small colubrid snake * Clarion snake eel (''Myrichthys pantostigmius''), a tropical, marine eel * Clarión wren (''Troglodytes tanneri''), a species of bird * Proud Clarion, an American Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 1967 Kentucky Derby *

Clarion angelfish The Clarion angelfish (''Holacanthus clarionensis'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a marine angelfish belonging to the family Pomacanthidae. It is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean, almost exclusively near islands off the Pacific coast ...

(''Holacanthus clarionensis''), a species of saltwater angelfish

Companies and organizations

* Clarion (company), a Japanese automotive and consumer electronics manufacturer * Clarion Project, a nonprofit organization based in Washington D.C., USA *

Clarion Hotel Choice Hotels International, Inc. is an American multinational hospitality company based in Rockville, Maryland. The company, which is one of the largest hotel chains in the world, owns several hotel brands ranging from upscale to economy. As o ...

, a hotel brand in the United States * Clarion Hotel Limerick, a hotel in Limerick, Ireland * Clarion Housing Group, a British housing association * National Clarion Cycling Club, a cycling club with some 29 member sections in the United Kingdom

Other uses

* Clarion Award, an honor for excellence in communications from the Association for Women in Communications * Clarion (heraldry), a charge or bearing in heraldry * Operation Clarion, an extensive Allied campaign of strategic bombing during World War II against Nazi Germany * Clarion University of Pennsylvania, a university located in Clarion, PA