pharos

n.
A lighthouse.

[Latin, from Greek, after Pharos, a peninsula, formerly an island, in the Mediterranean Sea at Alexandria, Egypt, and the site of an ancient lighthouse, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.]

(FAR-os)

noun
A lighthouse.

Etymology
After Pharos, a peninsula in Northern Egypt in the Mediterranean Sea, site of an ancient lighthouse built by Ptolemy, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

Usage
"When at length the boat crunched upon the sandy shore he got up unsteadily from the stern and pointed to the pharos that flamed in the heavens." — Lee Foster Hartman, The Judgment of Vulcan, 1920.

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1. Antique lighthouse, such as that at the harbour of Alexandria.

2. Symbol for a lighthouse.

3. Any conspicuous beacon or light.

[MC]

A Latin term for an early kind of lighthouse. Built of stone and/or wood these were simply towers situated in prominent coastal positions in order to display beacon lights to guide ships at sea. The most famous is the Pharos at Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The only remaining example known in Britain is at Dover, Kent.

[fr. Gk after Pharos, an island off Alexandria, Egypt, the site of an ancient lighthouse, one of the Seven Wonders of the World]
/FAR os/  any lighthouse or beacon to direct mariners

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - fyrtårn

Nederlands (Dutch)
vuurtoren/ lichtbaken

Français (French)
n. - Pharos

Deutsch (German)
n. - Leuchtturm

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φάρος

Italiano (Italian)
faro

Português (Portuguese)
n. - faro (m)

Русский (Russian)
маяк

Español (Spanish)
n. - faro, fanal

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - Faros, fyr

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
灯塔, 航标灯

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 燈塔, 航標燈

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 등대, 항로 표지

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 灯台, 航路標識, ファロス

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) منارة لهدايه الصيادين‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מגדלור‬

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