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–noun

1.	a small peninsula in N Egypt, near Alexandria: site of ancient lighthouse built by Ptolemy.

2.	the lighthouse on this peninsula. Compare Seven Wonders of the World.

3.	any lighthouse or beacon to direct sailors.

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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.]

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