Horn
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Horn may refer to:
- Horn (anatomy)Horn (anatomy)A horn is a pointed projection of the skin on the head of various animals, consisting of a covering of horn surrounding a core of living bone. True horns are found mainly among the ruminant artiodactyls, in the families Antilocapridae and Bovidae...
, a pointed projection of the skin on the head of various animals. Source of all other uses below. - HornKeratinKeratin refers to a family of fibrous structural proteins. Keratin is the key of structural material making up the outer layer of human skin. It is also the key structural component of hair and nails...
, the substance that, apart from other functions, is the main component of the tissue that sheaths the bony core of hornsHorn (anatomy)A horn is a pointed projection of the skin on the head of various animals, consisting of a covering of horn surrounding a core of living bone. True horns are found mainly among the ruminant artiodactyls, in the families Antilocapridae and Bovidae...
and hoofHoofA hoof , plural hooves or hoofs , is the tip of a toe of an ungulate mammal, strengthened by a thick horny covering. The hoof consists of a hard or rubbery sole, and a hard wall formed by a thick nail rolled around the tip of the toe. The weight of the animal is normally borne by both the sole...
s of various animals.
Places
- Cape HornCape HornCape Horn is the southernmost headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern Chile, and is located on the small Hornos Island...
, the southernmost point of the continent of South America named (indirectly) after the Dutch town of HoornHoorn-Cities :* Purmerend * Enkhuizen * Alkmaar * Amsterdam * Lelystad * Den Helder * Leeuwarden -Towns :* Edam...
- Cabo de Hornos, ChileCabo de Hornos, ChileCabo de Hornos is a Chilean commune located in the south of Tierra del Fuego archipelago, in Antártica Province, Magallanes Region. The municipality of Cabo de Hornos, located in the town of Puerto Williams, also administers the Antártica commune...
, a Chilean commune located near Cape Horn
- Cabo de Hornos, Chile
- Golden HornGolden HornThe Golden Horn is a historic inlet of the Bosphorus dividing the city of Istanbul and forming the natural harbor that has sheltered Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman and other ships for thousands of...
, a historic inlet of the Bosphorus dividing the city of IstanbulIstanbulIstanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and... - Horn (district)Horn (district)Bezirk Horn is a district of the state ofLower Austria in Austria.-Municipalities:Towns are indicated in boldface; market towns in italics; suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in small characters.*Altenburg**Altenburg, Burgerwiesen, Fuglau, Mahrersdorf,...
, a district of the state of Lower Austria in Austria - Horn of AfricaHorn of AfricaThe Horn of Africa is a peninsula in East Africa that juts hundreds of kilometers into the Arabian Sea and lies along the southern side of the Gulf of Aden. It is the easternmost projection of the African continent...
, a peninsula in East Africa that juts into the Arabian Sea, includes parts of Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti - Horn, AustriaHorn, AustriaHorn is a small town in the Waldviertel in Lower Austria, Austria and the capital of the district of the same name.2008 Austrian Cup winner SV Horn is the local soccerclub....
, a small town in the Waldviertel in Lower Austria, Austria and the capital of the Horn District - Horn, GermanyHorn, GermanyHorn is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany...
, a municipality in the district of Rhein-Hunsrück in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany - Horn, HamburgHorn, HamburgHorn is a quarter in the borough Hamburg-Mitte, in the eastern part of Hamburg, Germany. In 2007 the population was 36,890.-History:During World War II the Hamburg and therefore Horn were targets of the air raids of the so called Operation Gomorrah....
, a quarter in the borough Hamburg-Mitte, in the eastern part of Hamburg, Germany - Horn, Netherlands, a town in the Dutch province of Limburg, and a a separate municipality until 1991
- Horn, OpplandHorn, OpplandHorn is a ferry docking point on the east side of the lake Randsfjorden, in Oppland, Norway....
, a ferry docking point on the east side of lake RandsfjordenRandsfjordenRandsfjorden is Norway's fourth largest lake with an area of . Its volume is estimated at just over , and its greatest depth is . The lake is above sea level....
, Norway - Horn, RutlandHorn, RutlandHorn is a civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. In 2001 it had a population of 9. The parish is part of the Exton Hall estate of the Earls of Gainsborough.-History:...
, a civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England - Horn, SwedenHorn, SwedenHorn is a locality situated in Kinda Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 547 inhabitants in 2005....
, a locality situated in Kinda Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden - Horn, SwitzerlandHorn, SwitzerlandHorn is a municipality in the district of Arbon in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. Horn is an exclave of Thurgau, enclaved in the canton of St. Gallen.-History:...
, a municipality in the district of Arbon in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland, an exclave of Thurgau - HoornHoorn-Cities :* Purmerend * Enkhuizen * Alkmaar * Amsterdam * Lelystad * Den Helder * Leeuwarden -Towns :* Edam...
, a municipality in the province of North Holland, in The Netherlands
Audio
- Ear trumpetEar trumpetEar trumpets are tubular or funnel-shaped devices which collect sound waves and lead them into the ear. This results in a strengthening of the sound energy impact to the eardrum and thus a better hearing for a reduced or decreased hearing individual....
- Horn (album)Horn (album)Horn is the ninth album by Finnish experimental rock band Pharaoh Overlord. It is a live album, recorded in Lahti, Finland in 2010. It features four tracks in the repetitive heavy-riffing style of earlier Pharaoh Overlord albums, very different from the overtly Heavy Metal songs on Out of Darkness,...
, an album by Pharaoh OverlordPharaoh OverlordPharaoh Overlord is an experimental rock-music band, featuring three members of the Finnish group Circle, Jussi Lehtisalo, Janne Westerlund and Tomi Leppänen. Originally begun as a vehicle to indulge their love of stoner rock, Pharaoh Overlord's output has become more varied, mirroring the... - Horn (instrument)Horn (instrument)The horn is a brass instrument consisting of about of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. A musician who plays the horn is called a horn player ....
- Horns (group of musical instruments also known as brass instruments)Brass instrumentA brass instrument is a musical instrument whose sound is produced by sympathetic vibration of air in a tubular resonator in sympathy with the vibration of the player's lips...
- Horn loudspeaker
- Natural hornNatural hornThe natural horn is a musical instrument that is the ancestor of the modern-day horn, and is differentiated by its lack of valves. It consists of a mouthpiece, some long coiled tubing, and a large flared bell. Pitch changes are made through a few different techniques:* Modulating the lip tension as...
- Vehicle hornVehicle hornA vehicle horn is a sound-making device used to warn others of the approach of the vehicle or of its presence. Automobiles, trucks, ships, and trains are all required by law to have horns...
Fiction
- Freyja, also known as Hörn, a Norse goddess of love, beauty, fertility, war and death
- GjallarhornGjallarhornIn Norse mythology, Gjallarhorn is a horn associated with the god Heimdallr and the wise being Mímir...
, the sounding horn or ringing horn of the god Heimdall, used to announce Ragnarok - Horn of Gondor, a horn carried by Boromir, son of the Steward of Gondor, in the Lord Of The Rings books and films
- Horn of ValereHorn of ValereThe Horn of Valere is a fictional object in Robert Jordan's fantasy series The Wheel of Time. It is a horn that is able to call the heroes that are linked to it back from the grave. Sounding the Horn bonds the horn to its sounder. Until that person's death, only he can use the Horn of Valere to...
a fictional horn in Robert Jordan's fantasy series The Wheel of Time, that calls heroes back from the grave - Horns (novel)Horns (novel)Horns is a 2010 dark fantasy novel by Joe Hill and is the author's second published novel. The novel also incorporates elements of contemporary fantasy, crime fiction, and Gothic fiction...
, a Luciferian dark fantasy novel written in 2010 by Joe Hill, son of Stephen King
Slang
- CornaCornaThe sign of the horns is a hand gesture with a variety of meanings and uses in various cultures. It is formed by extending the index and little fingers while holding the middle and ring fingers down with the thumb.-Superstition:...
, also called the "devil horns", a hand gesture with a vulgar meaning in Mediterranean countries, also used in heavy metal music - TelephoneTelephoneThe telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...
, also known as "the horn", especially among soldiers and police officers - Texas Longhorns, sometimes shortened to "Horns", the sports teams of the University of Texas in Austin
- Hook 'em HornsHook 'em HornsHook 'em Horns is the slogan and hand signal of The University of Texas at Austin. Students and alumni of the university employ a greeting consisting of the phrase "Hook 'em" or "Hook 'em Horns" and also use the phrase as a parting good-bye or as the closing line in a letter or story.The gesture is...
, a hand gesture expressing support for the above teams
- Hook 'em Horns
- CuckoldCuckoldCuckold is a historically derogatory term for a man who has an unfaithful wife. The word, which has been in recorded use since the 13th century, derives from the cuckoo bird, some varieties of which lay their eggs in other birds' nests...
s are sometimes described as having grown "horns".
Other
- Drinking hornDrinking hornA drinking horn is the horn of a bovid used as a drinking vessel. Drinking horns are known from Classical Antiquity especially in Thrace and the Balkans, and remained in use for ceremonial purposes throughout the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period in some parts of Europe, notably in Germanic...
, an animal horn that has been used as a drinking vessel in various cultures since ancient times - Gabriel's HornGabriel's HornGabriel's Horn is a geometric figure which has infinite surface area but encloses a finite volume. The name refers to the tradition identifying the Archangel Gabriel as the angel who blows the horn to announce Judgment Day, associating the divine, or infinite, with the finite...
, a geometric figure that has infinite surface area but encloses a finite volume - Golden Horns of GallehusGolden horns of GallehusThe Golden Horns of Gallehus were two horns made of sheet gold, discovered in Gallehus, north of Møgeltønder in South Jutland, Denmark.The horns date to the early 5th century, i.e. the beginning of the Germanic Iron Age....
, two horns made of sheet gold discovered in Gallehus, Denmark and dating to the early 5th century - Horn (Chinese constellation)Horn (Chinese constellation)The Horn mansion is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the eastern mansions of the Azure Dragon.-Asterisms:...
, part of the European constellation VirgoVirgo (constellation)Virgo is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Its name is Latin for virgin, and its symbol is . Lying between Leo to the west and Libra to the east, it is the second largest constellation in the sky... - Horn (diacritic)Horn (diacritic)The horn is a diacritic mark attached to the top right corner of the letters o and u in the Vietnamese alphabet to give ơ and ư, unrounded variants of the vowel represented by the basic letter...
, a diacritic mark used to indicate that a normally rounded vowel such as o or u is to be pronounced unrounded - The Horn of PlentyHorn of PlentyHorn of Plenty may mean:*Cornucopia, a symbolic, hollow horn filled with the inexhaustible gifts of celebratory fruits*Craterellus cornucopioides, a mushroom resembling the shape of a cornucopia...
, also known as Cornucopia and the Horn of Amalthea, a symbol of food and abundance dating back to the 5th century BC - Italian horn, an Italian amulet of good luck used to protect the wearer from the evil-eye curse
- The knob-like appendage attached to the pommelPommelPommel may refer to:* pommel, the raised area at the front of an equestrian saddle.* Pommel, the counterweight at the end of the hilt of a European sword* Pommel horse, an artistic gymnastics apparatus...
of a saddleSaddleA saddle is a supportive structure for a rider or other load, fastened to an animal's back by a girth. The most common type is the equestrian saddle designed for a horse, but specialized saddles have been created for camels and other creatures...
. - Horn timber, a slanted timber extension of the keel for mounting a counter transom.http://www.seatalk.info/cgi-bin/nautical-marine-sailing-dictionary/db.cgi?db=db&view_records=1&uid=default&Term=horn&submit=Look+it+up!