pharos
See also: Pharos
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Φάρος (Pháros).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɛəɹɒs/
Noun
pharos (plural pharoses or pharoi)
- (historical) An ancient lighthouse or beacon to guide sailors.
- 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations:
- He […] built a Pharos, or Light House.
- (figuratively) That which stands out; a shining light.
- 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 39:
- The house was not very felicitously titled, said many: it was no academic pharos.
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpʰa.roːs/, [ˈpʰäroːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfa.ros/, [ˈfäːros]
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