"Horn" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: the Horn [canonical]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=the Horn}} the Horn
  1. Cape Horn, at the southern tip of South America. Synonyms: Horn peninsula, Horn of Africa, Horn region
    Sense id: en-Horn-en-name-rOppC549
  2. The Horn of Africa, a peninsula of Africa which juts into the Arabian Sea.
    Sense id: en-Horn-en-name-Eeu4m9NE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Forms: Horns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|Horns}} Horn (countable and uncountable, plural Horns)
  1. A surname. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Horn-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A former civil parish in Rutland, England, abolished in 2016 on the formation of Exton and Horn parish. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: Exton and Horn
    Sense id: en-Horn-en-name-98LKATrj
  3. An unincorporated community in Dawes County, Nebraska, United States. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Nebraska, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Nebraska, USA, Unincorporated communities in the United States
    Sense id: en-Horn-en-name-YPj4X~j9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 0 1 25 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 20 1 3 17 33 2 2 5 1 1 1 1 1 12 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 1 2 18 35 1 1 5 1 0 1 0 1 13 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1978, War in the Horn of Africa, report of the United States Fact-Finding Mission to Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya, page 4",
          "text": "At the same time, it would be erroneous to exaggerate U.S. interests, to overreact to political developments in the Horn, or to adopt imprudent policies based on emotional reactions to Soviet and Cuban involvement."
        },
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          "ref": "1998, John Markakis, Resource conflict in the Horn of Africa, page 185:",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi, Culture and Customs of Somalia, →ISBN, page 8:",
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