Usually means: Ancient lighthouse in Alexandria, Egypt.
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  1. Pharos: Merriam-Webster
  2. Pharos, pharos: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. pharos: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Pharos: Collins English Dictionary
  5. pharos: Vocabulary.com
  6. Pharo's, Pharos, pharos: Wordnik
  7. Pharos: Wiktionary
  8. Pharos: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. Pharos: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Pharos, pharos: Dictionary.com
  11. Pharos (disambiguation), Pharos (horse), Pharos (polis), Pharos: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Pharos: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. pharos: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. pharos: Rhymezone
  15. Pharos: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. pharos: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. pharos: FreeDictionary.org
  18. pharos: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  19. pharos: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. pharos: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. pharos: Wiktionary
  22. Pharos: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

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  1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  2. Pharos: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Pharos)

▸ noun:  (historical) An ancient lighthouse or beacon to guide sailors.
▸ noun:  (figuratively) That which stands out; a shining light.
▸ noun:  A small island off Alexandria where the Lighthouse of Alexandria was located.
▸ noun:  The Lighthouse of Alexandria, located on the island Pharos

Similar:
lighthouse, beacon, beacon light, Phaeacian, Phæton, pharaoh, Sphynx, Phoebus, Phœbus, sphinx, more...

Opposite:
umbrage, obscurity, anonymity

Types:
beacon, lighthouse, signal fire, more...

Phrases:
tower of pharos, more...

Adjectives:
ancient, roman, famous, great, celebrated, white, tall, ruined, alexandrian, total, old

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Similar:
lighthouse, beacon, beacon light, Phaeacian, Phæton, pharaoh, Sphynx, Phoebus, Phœbus, sphinx, more...

Opposite:
umbrage, obscurity, anonymity

Types:
beacon, lighthouse, signal fire, more...

Phrases:
tower of pharos, more...

Adjectives:
ancient, roman, famous, great, celebrated, white, tall, ruined, alexandrian, total, old



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