Meaning of 'clarion' in Xhosa is: ikhwela

clarion: ikhwela

Noun:

uphondo, seyilikhwelo.

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Adjective(1) loud and clear(2) clear(3) stirring sound
Noun(1) a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone
Verb(1) blow the clarion(2) proclaim on, or as if on, a clarion(3) proclaim on(4) or as if on(5) a clarion

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(1) The clarion trumpet playing was particularly outstanding.(2) In the solo arias in the first and third acts, Pavarotti rang out the high notes with that clarion sonority that is unmistakably his.(3) His clarion tone and beautiful phrasing were a model of superb instrumental control and mastery.(4) Then, too, the ideal voice for this heroic part needs the sort of declamatory clarion brilliance that the Italians call 'squillo'.(5) His alto sound is not, thankfully for the balance, of the clarion variety and he, of all the soloists, looked and sounded most involved in the work.(6) He reiterated his clarion call for freeing American politics from the stranglehold of u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510special interestu251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb money.(7) They spoke on behalf of millions of child labourers in India and gave a clarion call to all countries for eliminating poverty and ensuring education to all irrespective of age and gender.(8) They talk, shout, create u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510the warlike sound / Of trumpets loud and clarions u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u252cu00ac Sonorous metal blowing martial sounds u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb.(9) The conference, unthinkable a year ago, produced a clarion call for democratic change - one that was all but ignored by Western media.(10) It should be emphasised that this clarion call comes after many months when the European Central Bank has been preparing the ground for an increase in interest rates.(11) Public opposition to a conflict remains strong and a clarion call has gone out from anti-war organisations across the world to stage protests from the first day of war.(12) So far, his clarion call hasn't entirely fallen on deaf ears.(13) Instead, leading business and farming figures converged on Harrogate today with a clarion call to beat the crisis and face the future together.(14) Forty years ago, Fanon was issuing a clarion call against imperialism.(15) This is the clarion call for a universal and publicly-funded system of social provision and essential services, of which post-secondary education is one.(16) Kennedy issued his clarion call to mobilize Americans against these threatening prospects.