Does Pharos Mean Lighthouse?
A Lighthouse. an Ancient Lighthouse or Beacon to Guide Sailors. (Place) Small Peninsula at Alexandria, Egypt: in Ancient Times It Was an Island with a Large...
A lighthouse. An ancient lighthouse or beacon to guide sailors. (place) Small peninsula at Alexandria, Egypt: in ancient times it was an island with a large lighthouse (also called Pharos) on it: this lighthouse was one of the Seven Wonders of the World. ...
What does Pharos stand for?
pha·ros. (fâr′ŏs′) A lighthouse. [Latin, from Greek, after Pharos, a peninsula, formerly an island, in the Mediterranean Sea at Alexandria, Egypt, and site of an ancient lighthouse, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.]
Why are lighthouses called Pharos?
Although now lost, the structure's lasting legacy, after standing for over 1600 years, is that it gave its Greek name 'Pharos' to the architectural genre of any tower with a light designed to guide mariners.
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