Pharos - Definition and Overview
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Outlook
Pharos
is:
a small island off the Egyptian coast that hosted the
Lighthouse of Alexandria
the etymological origin of the word
lighthouse
in many
Romance languages
, such as French (phare), Italian (faro) and Spanish (faro)
Latin name for the Greek/Roman colony on the island of
Hvar
in the
Adriatic
a
column
near Constantinople
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