how to pronounce clarion

/ˈklɛɹiːən/

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clarion is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of clarion in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… as a literary clarion call for …”

meanings of clarion

name:

A borough, the county seat of Clarion County, Pennsylvania, United States.
A city, the county seat of Wright County, Iowa, United States.
An unincorporated community in Bureau County, Illinois, United States.
A ghost town in Sanpete County, Utah, United States.
A river in Pennsylvania, a tributary of the Allegheny River.

noun:

A medieval brass instrument, related to the trumpet, or its sound.
A different type of musical instrument resembling an organ.

adjective:

Brilliantly clear.
Loud and clear.

verb:

To sound a clarion (trumpet-like instrument).
To make a similar sound to the instrument.

clarion frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word clarion occurs in english on average 0.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics clarion can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that clarion can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;