- Horn (anatomy) , a hollow, stiff, pointed projection of the skin of various animals
can also refer to things that are made from, and/or are shaped like, the anatomical object:
- Horn (instrument) , sometimes called a "French horn," a brass musical instrument constructed of coiled tubing
- --- The brass and woodwind musicians in a jazz or R&B band are sometimes referred to collectively as the ; "horn" can be a slang reference to any of those instruments
- Drinking Horn , an ancient drinking vessel
- Anointing Horn , used for the unction at a coronation
- Horn (telecommunications) , an open-ended radio waveguide of increasing cross-sectional area
- Horn (acoustic) , an open-ended tapered sound-guide to match a sound-producing device to the characteristic impedance of free space
- --- A common example is a ; see also Klaxon
- --- A Horn Speaker incorporates this principle into a loudspeaker
- Horn (telescope) , a stationary radio telescope
- Horn (Chinese Constellation) , a constellation in Chinese astronomy
- Glacial Horn , a sharp mountain peak created by glacial erosion
- Horn (diacritic) , a diacritic mark used to indicate that a normally rounded vowel such as ''o'' or ''u'' is to be pronounced unrounded
Related slang usages include:
can refer to one of the following places:
is also a surname:
- Alfred Horn (1918–2001), American mathematician
- --- Horn Clause is a term in formal logic named after him
- Alfred Aloysius "Trader" Horn , an African trader during the Scramble For Africa
- Dimitris Horn (1921-1998), famous Greek actor
- Gyula Horn , Prime Minister of Hungary from 1994–1998
- Frederik Winkel Horn (1845–1898), Danish writer and translator
- Frederik Winkel-Horn (1756–1837), Danish writer
- Paul Horn (b. 1930), flautist
- Dr. Paul Horn , computer scientist
- Rebecca Horn (b. 1944), German installation artist
- The Horn (family) family in Finland and Sweden
- --- Count Arvid Horn (1664–1742), Swedish statesman of the Swedish Empire
- --- Evert Horn (1585-1615), Swedish soldier
- --- Count Gustaf Horn (1592–1657), Swedish commander of the Swedish Empire in the Thirty Years' War
In fiction and mythology:
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