Clarion may refer to:

Music

Clarion (instrument) Clarion is a common name for a trumpet in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. It also is used as a name for a 4' organ reed stop. There is wide confusion over whether clarion invariably refers to a type of trumpet or simply the upper register of t ...

, a type of trumpet used in the Middle Ages * The

register Register or registration may refer to: Arts entertainment, and media Music * Register (music), the relative "height" or range of a note, melody, part, instrument, etc. * ''Register'', a 2017 album by Travis Miller * Registration (organ), th ...

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, formerly called Santa Rosa, is the second largest, westernmost and most remote of Mexico's Revillagigedo Islands. The island is located west of Socorro Island and over from the Mexican mainland. It has an area of and three pr ...

(Isla Clarión), Colima

United States

* Clarion, Illinois *

Clarion, Iowa Clarion is a city in and the county seat of Wright County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,810 at the time of the 2020 census. Clarion is the birthplace of the four-leaf clover emblem used by the 4-H Clubs of America, conceived of in 1 ...

* Clarion, Michigan *

Clarion, Utah Clarion is a ghost town in Sanpete County, Utah, United States, southwest of Gunnison. Clarion was the site of an early-twentieth century experiment in Jewish rural living. The Clarion site totaled , and was five miles from north to south along ...

, a ghost town settled as a Jewish farming colony

Pennsylvania

Clarion County, Pennsylvania Clarion County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 37,241. Its county seat is Clarion. The county was formed on March 11, 1839, from parts of Venango and Armstrong counties. Clarion Coun ...

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 sur ...

, a borough in and the county seat of Clarion County **

Clarion Township, Clarion County, Pennsylvania Clarion Township is a township in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,645 at the 2020 census, a decrease from the figure of 4,116 tabulated in 2010, which was, in turn, an increase over the total of 3,273 at the 2000 ...

Clarion River The Clarion River is a tributary of the Allegheny River, approximately 110 mi (177 km) long, in west central Pennsylvania in the United States. It drains a rugged area of the Allegheny Plateau in the Ohio River watershed, flowing throu ...

, Pennsylvania, a tributary of the Allegheny River *

Clarion University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Western University, Clarion, also known as PennWest Clarion, is a public university campus in Clarion, Pennsylvania. Part of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE), the institution was founded in 1867 and offers ...

, a public university located in Clarion, Pennsylvania

Publishing

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Peninsula Clarion The ''Peninsula Clarion'' is a regional newspaper published in Kenai, Alaska that serves the population of the Kenai Peninsula. They also publish the ''Peninsula Clarion Dispatch'' which is a free weekly circular released each Wednesday with loca ...

'', 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 ''The Clarion Ledger'' is an American daily newspaper in Jackson, Mississippi. It is the second-oldest company in the state of Mississippi, and is one of the few newspapers in the nation that continues to circulate statewide. It is an operating d ...

'', a daily newspaper in the U.S. state of Mississippi, and the second oldest company in that state *

Clarion Workshop Clarion is a six-week workshop for aspiring science fiction and fantasy writers. Originally an outgrowth of Damon Knight's and Kate Wilhelm's Milford Writers' Conference, held at their home in Milford, Pennsylvania, United States, it was founded i ...

, a science fiction and fantasy workshop based in San Diego, California, U.S. *

Clarion West Writers Workshop Clarion West Writers Workshop is an intensive six-week program for writers preparing for professional careers in science fiction and fantasy. It runs annually from late June through the end of July. The workshop is limited to 18 students per year. ...

, 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 The ''Western Clarion'' was a newspaper launched in January 1903 that became the official organ of the Socialist Party of Canada (SPC). At one time it was the leading left-wing newspaper in Canada. It lost influence after 1910–11 when various gro ...

'', 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 The American Folk Art Museum is an art museum in the Upper West Side of Manhattan, at 2, Lincoln Square, Columbus Avenue at 66th Street. It is the premier institution devoted to the aesthetic appreciation of folk art and creative expressions of ...

from 1971 until 1992 * Clarion Books, a young adult publishing imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt * ''The Clarion'' (Canadian newspaper), the Canadian newspaper started by Carrie Best in 1946 *

DU Clarion The Clarion is the official student newspaper of the University of Denver The University of Denver (DU) is a private research university in Denver, Colorado. Founded in 1864, it is the oldest independent private university in the Rocky Mo ...

, university newspaper of the University of Denver

Computing

CLARION (cognitive architecture) Connectionist Learning with Adaptive Rule Induction On-line (CLARION) is a computational cognitive architecture that has been used to simulate many domains and tasks in cognitive psychology and social psychology, as well as implementing intelligent ...

Clarion (programming language) Clarion is a commercial, proprietary, fourth-generation programming language (4GL), multi-paradigm, programming language and integrated development environment (IDE) from SoftVelocity used to program database applications. It is compatible with ' ...

* CLARiiON, an EMC disk array

Animals

Clarion nightsnake ''Hypsiglena unaocularus'', commonly known as the Islas Revillagigedo night snake or Clarión night snake, is a species of small colubrid snake endemic to Clarion Island, initially described from a single specimen collected by William Beebe in ...

(''Hypsiglena unaocularis''), a small colubrid snake *

Clarion snake eel The Clarion snake eel Clarión wren The Clarión wren (''Troglodytes tanneri'') is a species of bird in the family Troglodytidae. It is endemic to Clarión Island off Pacific Mexico. It looks much like a house wren but is larger with a prominently longer bill, somewhat approachi ...

(''Troglodytes tanneri''), a species of bird *

Proud Clarion Proud Clarion (January 19, 1964 – December 17, 1981) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1967 Kentucky Derby. Background Owned and bred by John W. Galbreath, Proud Clarion was foaled at his Darby Dan Farm in Le ...

, an American Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 1967 Kentucky Derby * Clarion angelfish (''Holacanthus clarionensis''), a species of saltwater angelfish

Companies and organizations

Clarion (company) is a Japanese manufacturer of car audio, automotive navigation systems, AutoPCs, visual equipment, bus equipment, and communication equipment. It is since 2019 fully owned by Faurecia Clarion Electronics. Up until the end of 2005, product ...

, a Japanese automotive and consumer electronics manufacturer *

Clarion Project The Clarion Project (formerly Clarion Fund Inc.) is an American nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C. that was founded in 2006. The organization has been involved in the production and distribution of the films '' Obsession: Radical ...

, a nonprofit organization based in Washington D.C., USA * Clarion Hotel, a hotel brand in the United States *

Clarion Hotel Limerick Clayton Hotel Limerick (formerly the Clarion Hotel) is a 17-storey hotel located beside the River Shannon on Steamboat Quay in Limerick. Part of the Dalata Hotel Group, the hotel was built in 2002 at a cost of €20 Million. Facilities The C ...

, a hotel in Limerick, Ireland * Clarion Housing Group, a British housing association *

National Clarion Cycling Club The National Clarion Cycling Club is a British cycling club founded in 1894, and which retained strong links with the labour movement through the 20th century. At its peak, in 1936, it had 233 UK sections and 8,306 members. In 2021, it replaced ...

, a cycling club with some 29 member sections in the United Kingdom

Other uses

Clarion Award 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 2 ...

, an honor for excellence in communications from the Association for Women in Communications *

Clarion (heraldry) The clarion (also clarichord, clavicord, rest or sufflue), is a rare charge in heraldry of uncertain meaning and purpose. It originates from England and is still largely exclusive to that country, though latterly it has been imported to other Ang ...

, a charge or bearing in heraldry *

Operation Clarion Operation Clarion was the extensive allied campaign of Strategic bombing during World War II which attacked 200 German communication network targets to open Operation Veritable Operation Veritable (also known as the Battle of the Reichswal ...

, an extensive Allied campaign of strategic bombing during World War II against Nazi Germany *

, a university located in Clarion, PA