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Device used to attract attention
A beacon is an intentionally conspicuous device designed to attract attention to a specific location. A common example is the lighthouse, which draws attention
Beacon
Topics referred to by the same term
example was the fire beacon, for sending optical signals. Beacon may also refer to: Beacon (band), an American electronic music group Beacons (festival), a British
Beacon_(disambiguation)
Topics referred to by the same term
The Beacon may refer to: The Beacon (film), a 2009 American horror film "The Beacon" (The Twilight Zone), an episode of the TV series The Beacon (novel)
The_Beacon
Topics referred to by the same term
Beacon Hill may refer to: Beacon Hill, Ottawa, Ontario, a neighbourhood Beacon Hill Park, a park in Victoria, British Columbia Beacon Hill, Saskatchewan
Beacon_Hill
City in New York, United States
Beacon is a city located on the Hudson River in Dutchess County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 13,769. Beacon
Beacon,_New_York
Historic neighborhood in Massachusetts
Beacon Hill is a historic neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is also the location of the Massachusetts State House. The term "Beacon
Beacon_Hill,_Boston
Traffic control device
A HAWK beacon (high-intensity activated crosswalk beacon) or pedestrian hybrid beacon is a traffic control device used to stop vehicular traffic and allow
HAWK_beacon
List of ships with the same or similar names
have been named HMS Beacon: HMS Beacon (1804), a fireship, previously the mercantile Duff purchased in 1804 and sold in 1808. HMS Beacon (1832), a Hecla-class
HMS_Beacon
Software designed to teach touch typing
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing is an application software program designed to teach touch typing. Released in late 1987 by The Software Toolworks, the program
Mavis_Beacon_Teaches_Typing
Radio transmitter to locate people in distress
An emergency position-indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) is a type of emergency locator beacon for commercial and recreational boats; it is a portable, battery-powered
Emergency position-indicating radio beacon
Emergency_position-indicating_radio_beacon
Design of lamp
A Belisha beacon (/bəˈliːʃə/) is a yellow-coloured globe lamp atop a tall black and white striped pole, marking pedestrian crossings of roads in the United
Belisha_beacon
Topics referred to by the same term
Rotating beacon may refer to: Aerobeacon, a light assembly creating a fixed or flashing signal visible over long distances Aerodrome beacon, a beacon to indicate
Rotating_beacon
Type of VHF radio beacon used in aviation
A marker beacon is a particular type of VHF radio beacon used in aviation, usually in conjunction with an instrument landing system (ILS), to give pilots
Marker_beacon
American science fiction psychological thriller television series
Beacon 23 is an American science fiction psychological thriller television series created by Zak Penn, based on a series of short stories of the same name
Beacon_23
Type of management frame
A beacon frame is a type of management frame in IEEE 802.11 WLANs. It contains information about the network. Beacon frames are transmitted periodically;
Beacon_frame
Topics referred to by the same term
Beacon Fell may refer to: Beacon Fell, Cumbria, England Beacon Fell, Lancashire, England, a Country Park since 1970 Beacon Fell Traditional Lancashire
Beacon_Fell
Radio transmissions consisting of only a single repeating Morse code letter
Letter beacons are radio transmissions of uncertain origin and unknown purpose, consisting of only a single repeating Morse code letter. They have been
Letter_beacon
Method to track the viewing of a webpage
A web beacon is a technique used on web pages and email to unobtrusively (usually invisibly) allow checking that a user has accessed some content. Web
Web_beacon
Entertainment venue in Manhattan, New York
The Beacon Theatre is an entertainment venue at 2124 Broadway, adjacent to the Hotel Beacon, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Opened
Beacon Theatre (New York City)
Beacon_Theatre_(New_York_City)
Beacon that indicates local weather forecast
A weather beacon is a beacon that indicates the local weather forecast in a code of colored or flashing lights. Often, a short poem or jingle accompanies
Weather_beacon
Beacons are small devices that enable relatively accurate location within a narrow range. Beacons periodically transmit small amounts of data within a
Types_of_beacons
Fictional character created for the Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing software
Mavis Beacon is a fictional character created for the Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing line of computer software. Developed to be a personification of a The
Mavis_Beacon_(character)
1995 studio album by No Doubt
The Beacon Street Collection is the second studio album by American rock band No Doubt. It was released independently on March 25, 1995, through the band's
The_Beacon_Street_Collection
Hill in the Malvern Hills, England
Worcestershire Beacon, also popularly known as Worcester Beacon, or locally simply as The Beacon, is a hill whose summit at 425 metres (1,394 ft) is the
Worcestershire_Beacon
Radio transmitter to identify a location for navigation aid
In navigation, a radio beacon or radiobeacon is a kind of beacon, a device that marks a fixed location and allows direction-finding equipment to find
Radio_beacon
Part of Facebook's advertisement system
Beacon formed part of Facebook's advertisement system that sent data from external websites to Facebook, for the purpose of allowing targeted advertisements
Facebook_Beacon
Newspaper in Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
longtime chief rival, the Wichita Beacon, it became The Wichita Eagle and Beacon or The Wichita Eagle-Beacon, until the Beacon moniker was dropped in 1989.
The_Wichita_Eagle
American oil and gas company
Beacon Oil Company (known as Colonial Beacon from 1930 to 1947) was an American oil and gas corporation headquartered in Boston. Beacon Oil was established
Beacon_Oil
Hill in East Sussex, England
Ditchling Beacon is the highest point in East Sussex, England, with an elevation of 248 m (814 ft). It is south of Ditchling and to the north-east of Brighton
Ditchling_Beacon
Bar and restaurant in Boston, Massachusetts, US
Cheers Beacon Hill is a bar/restaurant located on Beacon Street in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, across from the Boston Public
Cheers_Beacon_Hill
Modern art museum in Beacon, New York, United States
Dia Beacon is the museum for the Dia Art Foundation's collection of art from the 1960s to the present and is one of the 12 locations and sites they manage
Dia_Beacon
Topics referred to by the same term
Beacon Academy may refer to: Beacon Academy, Cleethorpes, a coeducational secondary school in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire Beacon Academy, Crowborough
Beacon_Academy
A Pundit Beacon or Landmark Beacon was an airfield navigational and identification beacon, used by the British Royal Air Force (RAF) in the period around
Pundit_Beacon
American publicly traded company
Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. is an American company which sells residential and non-residential roofing products, as well as related building products in
Beacon_Building_Products
American non-profit book publisher
Beacon Press is an American left-wing non-profit book publisher. Founded in 1854 by the American Unitarian Association, it is currently a department of
Beacon_Press
List of ships with the same or similar names
USS Beacon may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy: USS Beacon (PG-88) was a Flower-class corvette built in Canada initially for the
USS_Beacon
Public school in New York City
The Beacon School (also called Beacon High School) is a college-preparatory public high school in the Hell's Kitchen area of Manhattan in New York City
The_Beacon_School
Multimedia production company
in 2024, they launched a boutique subscription streaming service called Beacon. Critical Role Productions was founded by the members of the creator-owned
Critical_Role_Productions
Hardware transmitter
Bluetooth beacons are hardware transmitters (a class of Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) devices) that broadcast their identifier to nearby portable electronic
Bluetooth_Low_Energy_beacon
American supernatural teen drama television series
McCall, a high school student living in the fictional California town of Beacon Hills. Scott becomes the eponymous teenage werewolf of the series after
Teen_Wolf_(2011_TV_series)
Radio-frequency beacon used to locate airplanes, vessels, and persons in distress
An emergency locator beacon is a radio beacon, a portable battery powered radio transmitter, used to locate airplanes, vessels, and persons in distress
Emergency_locator_beacon
Beacon installed at an airport
An aerodrome beacon, airport beacon, rotating beacon or aeronautical beacon is a beacon installed at an airport or aerodrome to indicate its location to
Aerodrome_beacon
Pharmaceutical company of Bangladesh
Beacon Pharmaceuticals PLC is a Bangladeshi pharmaceutical company that develops generic version of medications. Beacon manufactures more than 200 generic
Beacon_Pharmaceuticals
Aircraft beacon on Los Angeles City Hall
The Lindbergh Beacon is an aircraft beacon atop the Los Angeles City Hall, operated nightly from April 26, 1928, until just after the attack on Pearl Harbor
Lindbergh_Beacon
Railroad station in Beacon, New York, US
Beacon station is a commuter rail station on the Metro-North Railroad Hudson Line located in Beacon, New York. The station has three tracks, with one
Beacon_station
Stream in Georgia, U.S.
Beacon Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Georgia. Beacon Creek was so named on account of a nautical beacon at its mouth. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic
Beacon_Creek
College in Florida, United States
Beacon College is a private college in Leesburg, Florida, United States. It was founded in 1989 and designed with curriculum and support services to serve
Beacon_College
Hill in Walsall, West Midlands, England
(the Beacon borders the Pheasey area of Great Barr) and to the local secondary school Barr Beacon School. It is historically the site of a beacon where
Barr_Beacon
Topics referred to by the same term
Beacon Theatre may refer to: Beacon Theatre (New York City) Beacon Theatre (Beacon, New York) Beacon Theatre (Boston) Beacon Theatre (Hopewell, Virginia)
Beacon_Theatre
Radio transmitter which emits radio waves in all directions, used as a navigational aid
non-directional beacon (NDB) or non-directional radio beacon is a radio beacon which does not include inherent directional information. Radio beacons are radio
Non-directional_beacon
The Beacon Supergroup is a geological formation exposed in Antarctica and deposited from the Devonian to the Triassic (400 to 250 million years ago). The
Beacon_Supergroup
Topics referred to by the same term
Beacon Island may refer to several places: Beacon Island (Houtman Abrolhos), part of the Houtman Abrolhos off the Western Australian coast Beacon Island
Beacon_Island
Street in Greater Boston, Massachusetts
Beacon Street is a major east–west street in Boston, Massachusetts, and its western suburbs of Brookline and Newton. It passes through many of Boston's
Beacon_Street
Navigational beacon in Baltimore, County Cork
The Baltimore Beacon is a white-painted stone beacon positioned high above the channel between the mainland and Sherkin Island near the entrance to the
Baltimore_Beacon
2009 instrumental by Buckethead
"The Homing Beacon" (also known as "The Landing Beacon") is an acoustic song by Buckethead and a memorial tribute to Michael Jackson, who was an early
The Homing Beacon/The Landing Beacon
The_Homing_Beacon/The_Landing_Beacon
Building in Manhattan, New York
The Hotel Beacon is a Beaux-Arts, 24-story building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, designed by Walter W. Ahlschlager. It was built
Hotel_Beacon
British rolling stock company
Beacon Rail is a rolling stock company (ROSCO) based in the United Kingdom. Its primary business is the leasing of locomotives and rolling stock to various
Beacon_Rail
Hill and landmark in Buckinghamshire, England
Ivinghoe Beacon is a prominent hill and landmark in Buckinghamshire, England, 233 m (757 ft) above sea level in the Chiltern Hills, close to Ivinghoe and
Ivinghoe_Beacon
Artificial satellites
Beacon was one of America's first satellite programs. A balloon satellite, its objective was to study atmospheric density at its orbital altitude and to
Project_Beacon
Film production company
Beacon Communications, LLC, commonly referred to as Beacon Pictures, is an American film and television production and international sales company founded
Beacon_Pictures
Public park in the city of Lichfield, Staffordshire, in England
Beacon Park is a green flag public park in the centre of the city of Lichfield, Staffordshire, in England. The park was created in 1859 when the Museum
Beacon_Park
Private mental health service provider, UK
Beacon UK was a private provider of mental health services launched in the UK in September 2011 by Dr Emma Stanton, a practising NHS psychiatrist at the
Beacon_UK
Beacon Power, LLC is an American limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of RGA Investments LLC. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Tyngsboro
Beacon_Power
Newspaper based in Montana, U.S.
Flathead Beacon is an American weekly newspaper serving northwest Montana, owned by the American television personality Maury Povich. The Flathead Beacon was
Flathead_Beacon
Hill in England
Firle Beacon is a hill in the South Downs of southern England. It is 217 metres high and is a Marilyn. It commands a far-reaching view. When the prevailing
Firle_Beacon
Dungeons & Dragons adventure module
Baltron's Beacon is an adventure module published in 1985 for the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. Baltron's Beacon is an adventure
Baltron's_Beacon
Topics referred to by the same term
Beacon Council may refer to: Beacon Council (award), a British local authority designation Beacon Council, BSA, a defunct Boy Scouts of America council
Beacon_Council
Hospital in London, England
Beckenham Beacon is a redeveloped health centre in Beckenham, on the site of the old Beckenham Hospital, in the London Borough of Bromley, England. It
Beckenham_Beacon
Private international school in the Philippines
Beacon School in Makati, Metro Manila. The Beacon Academy brands itself as "an international school rooted in Filipino culture and ethos." The Beacon
The_Beacon_Academy
1930s magazine published in Trinidad
The Beacon was a Caribbean "little magazine" published in Trinidad monthly from March 1931 to November 1933, and briefly revived in 1939. The main names
The_Beacon_(magazine)
Late-19th and 20th century coastal fortification
Beacon Hill Battery (also known as Beacon Hill Fort) is a late-19th and 20th century coastal fortification that was built to defend the port of Harwich
Beacon_Hill_Battery
Community school in Holloway, London, England
Beacon High is a coeducational secondary school for 11-16-year-olds in the Tufnell Park area, located in the London Borough of Islington, England. Beacon
Beacon_High
American Dungeons & Dragons web series
Twitch and YouTube channels and the Beacon streaming service, with the video on demand (VOD) being available to Beacon, YouTube, and Twitch subscribers immediately
Critical_Role
Trig beacon on Table Mountain, South Africa
Maclear's Beacon is a triangulation station used in Maclear's arc measurement for Earth's circumference determination. The beacon is situated on top of
Maclear's_Beacon
Progressive educational initiative
Beacon Status was a progressive educational initiative that the United Kingdom implemented based on the idea that organizational learning could be advanced
Beacon_Status
Iron Age fort in North Devon, England
51°00′22″N 4°30′40″W / 51.006°N 4.511°W / 51.006; -4.511 Embury Beacon is the site of an Iron Age promontory fort on the west of the Hartland Peninsula
Embury_Beacon
Hospital in Dublin, Ireland
Beacon Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Beacon) is a privately owned full-service teaching hospital located in the Sandyford suburb of Dublin, Ireland. The hospital
Beacon_Hospital
Maine Beacon is a left-wing news organization based in Maine. It is the online news publication of the Maine People’s Alliance, which says it promotes
Maine_Beacon
Radio beacon used in amateur radio
propagation beacon is a radio beacon, whose purpose is the investigation of the propagation of radio signals. Most radio propagation beacons use amateur
Amateur radio propagation beacon
Amateur_radio_propagation_beacon
Neighbourhood in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Beacon Hill is a neighbourhood located in Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward in the east end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Beacon Hill was a part of the City of Gloucester
Beacon_Hill,_Ottawa
Rotating light assembly mounted atop a tower
An airway beacon (US) or aerial lighthouse (Europe) was a rotating light assembly mounted atop a tower. These were once used extensively in the United
Airway_beacon
Metro-North Railroad line in New York
The Metro-North Railroad's Beacon Line is a non-revenue line connecting the railroad's three revenue lines east of the Hudson River. From west to east
Beacon_Line
Apartment building in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
The Beacon Lodge is an apartment building in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Located at 30 Douglas Street, the building is directly across from the
Beacon_Lodge
Mansion in village of Sands Point, Long Island, New York
Beacon Towers was a Gilded Age mansion on Sands Point in the village of Sands Point on the North Shore of Long Island, New York. It was built from 1917
Beacon_Towers
American electronic band
Beacon is an American electronic music group from Brooklyn, New York consisting of producer Jacob Gossett and vocalist/lyricist Thomas Mullarney III. Beacon
Beacon_(band)
Hill in the Malvern Hills, England
The Herefordshire Beacon is one of the highest peaks of the Malvern Hills. It is surrounded by a British Iron Age hill fort earthwork known as British
Herefordshire_Beacon
Electoral ward in Dorset, England
Beacon is an electoral ward in Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 1 councillor to Dorset Council. The Beacon ward is rural and contains the civil
Beacon_(ward)
Topics referred to by the same term
Beacon Hill School may refer to: Beacon Hill Community School, a secondary school in Aspatria, Cumbria, UK Beacon Hill School, founded by Bertrand Russell
Beacon_Hill_School
2022 video game
Beacon Pines is a narrative adventure video game developed by Hiding Spot Games, and published by Fellow Traveller. The game was released on September
Beacon_Pines
The BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action is a National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center headquartered at Michigan State University
BEACON_Center
Early radio navigation system in the UK
H S E A Jetty 'Pagodas' Orford Ness National Nature Reserve Orfordness Beacon transmitting station Havergate Island (RSPB) Cobra Mist R i v e r A l
Orfordness_Beacon
Species of fungus
Mitrula paludosa (syn. Mitrula phalloides), the swamp beacon (US) or bog beacon, (UK) is a species of fungus. It is inedible. These mushrooms are found
Mitrula_paludosa
The Mendocino Beacon is a weekly newspaper for the community of Mendocino, California, owned by MediaNews Group. From 1975 to 1977 it was published under
The_Mendocino_Beacon
Field Camp
Beacon Valley (77°49′S 160°39′E / 77.817°S 160.650°E / -77.817; 160.650) is an ice-free valley between Pyramid Mountain and Beacon Heights, in the
Beacon_Valley
Mountain in New York, United States
Beacon Mountain, locally Mount Beacon, is the highest peak of Hudson Highlands, located south of City of Beacon, New York, in the Town of Fishkill. Its
Beacon_Mountain
Mountain in Alberta, Canada
Beacon Peak is a summit in Alberta, Canada. Beacon Peak was named for the fact it stood as a landmark or "beacon". Based on the Köppen climate classification
Beacon_Peak
American real estate investment firm based in Boston, Massachusetts
Beacon Capital Partners is an American real estate investment firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1998, after Beacon Properties, Inc
Beacon_Capital_Partners
Signalling device to control competing flows of traffic
beacon is a special type of traffic used in the US at mid-block crossings. These consist of two red signals above a single amber signal. The beacon is
Traffic_light
Granite tor on Dartmoor in Devon, England
Buckland Beacon is a granite tor and conical beacon, near to the village of Buckland-in-the-Moor on Dartmoor, England. It is well known for its Ten Commandments
Buckland_Beacon
Topics referred to by the same term
Beacon Mill is the name of a number of windmills. Beacon Mill may be:- Beacon Mill, Benenden, Kent Beacon Mill, Rottingdean, Sussex This disambiguation
Beacon_Mill
BEACON
BEACON
Surname or Lastname
Spanish (Lestón)
Spanish (Lestón) : habitational name from any of four places called Lestó in A Coruña province, Galacia.English : unexplained; perhaps a habitational name from Leiston in Suffolk, so named from Old English lēg ‘beacon fire’ + tūn ‘farmstead’, ‘settlement’.
Girl/Female
Irish
Beacon on the hill. Feminine of Brendan.
Boy/Male
English American
Beacon on the hill' or 'gorse-covered hill.
Boy/Male
English American
Beacon on the hill' or 'gorse-covered hill.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, Chinese, Irish
Beacon Hill; Sword; Broom Covered Hill; Gorse Hill; Similar to Brandon
Boy/Male
American, British, English
From the Beacon Hill
Boy/Male
Australian, Dutch, Italian
Italian Form of Bertrand; Brilliant Raven; Fiery Torch; Beacon
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Dutch, English, French, German, Indian, Irish, Shakespearean, Tamil, Teutonic
Beacon Hill; Sword; Broom Covered Hill; Gorse Hill
Girl/Female
Irish
Beacon on the hill. Feminine of Brendan.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from for example Warth in Glouceshire or Ward in Devon, which are named with Old English waroð ‘marshy ground by a shore or stream’ or from any of various minor places named with Old Norse varða ‘beacon’ (a derivative of varða ‘to guard’).German : habitational name from any of various places named with an Old High German cognate of this element.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Celtic, Chinese, Christian, English, French, German, Indian, Irish
Beacon Hill; Sword; Name of a Saint; Traveller
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places called Ashurst, from Old English æsc ‘ash tree’ + hyrst ‘wooded hill’. The most significant of these places are in Kent and West Sussex, but in England the surname is now found chiefly in south Lancashire, where it probably derives from Ashurst Beacon near Wigan.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English
Beacon on the Hill; Gorse-covered Hill
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English
Beacon on the Hill; Gorse-covered Hill
Boy/Male
Italian
brilliant raven; Fiery torch; beacon.
Surname or Lastname
Italian (Sicily and Calabria) and Portuguese
Italian (Sicily and Calabria) and Portuguese : topographic name from faro ‘beacon’, ‘lighthouse’ (Greek pharos), or a habitational name from any of several places named with this word. Compare Alfaro and Haro.English : variant of Farrow.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places called Wharton. Examples in Cheshire and Herefordshire are from an Old English river name Wæfer (derived from wæfre ‘wandering’, ‘winding’) + Old English tūn ‘settlement’; another in Lincolnshire has as its first element Old English wearde ‘beacon’ or waroð ‘shore’, ‘bank’; one in the former county of Westmorland (now part of Cumbria) is from Old English hwearf ‘wharf’, ‘embankment’ + tūn.Richard Wharton (d. 1689) emigrated from England to MA in about 1667, in search of fortune (which he did not achieve) rather than religious freedom.
Boy/Male
English American
Beacon on the hill' or 'gorse-covered hill.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English
Beacon Hill; Broom Covered Hill
Girl/Female
Irish
Beacon on the hill. Feminine of Brendan.
BEACON
BEACON
Girl/Female
Latin English
Laurel.
Boy/Male
Indian
Heavens flower
Boy/Male
Muslim
One of the main angels of Allah
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Born of Intellect
Male
Italian
Italian and Portuguese form of Latin Christianus, CRISTIANO means "Christian."
Male
Celtic
, white.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
The Cold Breeze of Morning
Boy/Male
Biblical
Brother of the morning or dew; brother of blackness.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Camel
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada
Maharshi
BEACON
BEACON
BEACON
BEACON
BEACON
a.
Having no beacon.
n.
An open frame or basket of iron, filled with combustible material, to be burned as a beacon; an open lamp or firrepan carried on a pole in nocturnal processions.
n.
A beacon tower; a lighthouse.
n.
A high hill near the shore.
n.
A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners.
n.
Money paid for the maintenance of a beacon; also, beacons, collectively.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Beacon
n.
A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.
n.
Any elevated object on land which serves as a guide to mariners; a beacon; a landmark visible from the sea, as a hill, a tree, a steeple, or the like.
v. t.
To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine.
n.
A lighthouse or beacon for the guidance of seamen.
n.
A beacon.
n.
A pole or a frame raised as a sea beacon or a landmark.
v. t.
To furnish with a beacon or beacons.
imp. & p. p.
of Beacon
n.
That which gives notice of danger.