pharos

Speech parts

1. pharos - Noun

2. Pharos - Proper noun

Meaning

A lighthouse or beacon for the guidance of seamen.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

beacon lighthouse watchtower beacon light belvedere faro lantern tower cairn light signal guide sign beam rocket
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Antonyms

failure dark decrease disorder ignorance dull
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Hypernyms

tower

Anagrams

phasor

Examples

Agron extended his rule over other neighbouring tribes as well. citation He raided parts of Epirus, Epidamnus, and the islands of Corcyra and Pharos. Source: Internet

Alexandria and Pharos were later connected by a mole citation spanning more than three-quarters of a mile, which was called the Heptastadion ("seven stadia"—a stadium was a Greek unit of length measuring approximately 180 m). Source: Internet

A temple of Hephaestus also stood on Pharos at the head of the mole. Source: Internet

In 332 BC Alexander the Great founded the city of Alexandria on an isthmus opposite to Pharos. Source: Internet

Pharos in culture The lighthouse remains a civic symbol of the city of Alexandria and of the Alexandria Governorate with which the city is more or less coterminous. Source: Internet

Pharos is committed to preventing and stopping FGM. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

pharology Pharomacrus Pharomacrus mocino Pharr Pharrell Pharsalia