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'''Horn''' may refer to:
* [[Horn (anatomy)]], the pointed projection of the skin of various animals, as an organ or its material
* [[Horn (surname)]]
In '''music and sound'''
* [[Horn (instrument)]], sometimes called a "French horn," a brass musical instrument constructed of coiled tubing
* [[Horn section]] of a band or orchestra
* [[Blowing horn]], winding horn or age-old rudimentary sound device
* [[Horn (acoustic)]], an open-ended tapered sound-guide
* [[horn speaker]], a loudspeaker
* Bullhorn, or [[Megaphone]], a device used to amplify one's voice
* [[Bukkehorn]], ancient Norwegian musical instrument
* [[Train whistle]], also sometimes called a horn or a steam trumpet
* [[Foghorn]], navigation aid for mariners
* Car horn, or [[Klaxon]], also used on trains and ships
In '''geography'''
* [[Horn of Africa]], Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti
* [[Cape Horn]], the southernmost point of South America
* [[Horn, Austria]]
* [[Horn (district)]] in Austria
* [[Horn (Netherlands)]], a village in the municipality of Haelen
* [[Horn, Rutland]], a small civil parish in England
* [[Horn, Switzerland]]
* Glacial horn, a sharp [[pyramidal peak]] on a mountain, created by glacial erosion
* [[Horn, Germany]], a municipality in the district of Rhein-Hunsrück in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
* [[Horn, Sweden]]
In '''science'''
* [[Horn (telecommunications)]], an open-ended radio waveguide of increasing cross-sectional area
* [[Horn (telescope)]], a stationary radio telescope
* [[Horn Antenna]], constructed, to support Project Echo, and used in the discovery of Cosmic microwave background radiation
* [[Horn clause]] in [[mathematical logic]].
In '''fiction and mythology'''
*[[Gjallarhorn]], the sounding horn or ringing horn of the god Heimdall, used to announce Ragnarok
*''[[King Horn]]'', a 13th century Middle English romance story.
* [[Horn of Gondor]] carried by Boromir in the ''Lord Of The Rings''
* [[Horn (Chinese constellation)]], a constellation in Chinese astronomy, known as one of the Eastern mansions of the Azure Dragon
* Hörn, another name for the goddess [[Freyja]] in Norse mythology.
In '''slang usage'''
* [[Hook 'em Horns]] is a hand gesture expressing support for the above teams
* "Horn" is military jargon for a [[telephone]], as in "Get on the horn"
* "Horns" is a shortened version of [[Texas Longhorns]], the sports teams of the University of Texas in Austin
* "Devil horns" is a hand gesture, the [[Corna]], with a vulgar meaning in Mediterranean countries, also used in heavy metal
* "Horned" and variants can mean [[cuckold]]ed.
* Horn, a baseball [[hat-trick#Baseball | Hat-trick]], when a player strikes out six times in one game.
In '''other uses'''
* [[Around the Horn]], ESPN sports program
* [[Horn clause]], a term in formal logic
* [[Drinking horn]], an ancient drinking vessel
* [[Anointing]] horn, used for the unction at a coronation
* [[Horn (diacritic)]], a diacritic mark used to indicate that a normally rounded vowel such as ''o'' or ''u'' is to be pronounced unrounded
* [[Horn-rimmed glasses]]
* Horn, a [[smoking pipe]] shaped like a bull's horn or as a bent cone, as described in Sherlock Holmes stories
* Horn of Plenty, or [[Cornucopia]], also known as the Horn of Amalthea
==See also==
* [[Hoorn]], city in the Netherlands
* [[Horne]], disambiguation page
* [[Horny]], disambiguation page
* [[Corne]], French word for horn
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