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Definition of PHAROS

Pharos
Pharos Pha"ros, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? an island in the Bay of Alexandria, where king Ptolemy Philadelphus built a famous lighthouse.] A lighthouse or beacon for the guidance of seamen. He . . . built a pharos, or lighthouse. --Arbuthnot.

Meaning of PHAROS from wikipedia

- sometimes called the Pharos of Alexandria (/ˈfɛərɒs/ FAIR-oss; Ancient Gr****: ὁ Φάρος τῆς Ἀλεξανδρείας, romanized: ho Pháros tês Alexandreías, contemporary...
- Look up pharos or Pharos in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Pharos of Alexandria was an ancient lighthouse, one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient...
- Pharo is a cross-platform implementation of the classic Smalltalk-80 programming language and runtime system. It is based on the OpenSmalltalk virtual...
- Helge Pharo (born 29 December 1943) is a Norwegian historian. He graduated from the University of Oslo with a cand.philol. degree in 1970. From 1972 he...
- However, Pharos has proved more influential in the long run and now stands four-square on the pre-eminent sire line in world racing. Pharos won six of...
- Pharos (/ˈfɛərɒs/ FAIR-oss) is the largest known impact crater on Neptune's moon Proteus. It is named after the island of Pharos, making it the only named...
- The Pharos Arts Foundation is a Cyprus-based, non-profit cultural and educational organisation. Inaugurated in 1998, Pharos was the first active exponent...
- Demetrius of Pharos (also Pharus) (Ancient Gr****: Δημήτριος ἐκ Φάρου and Δημήτριος ὁ Φάριος) was a ruler of Pharos involved in the First Illyrian War...
- the Channel Islands. Pharos is the tenth NLB vessel to carry the name, replacing the ninth Pharos in March 2007. The first Pharos, which operated as a...
- Democratic Pharos was launched, Logansport was a town of 1,800 people. On August 10, 1874, the w****ly Democrat Pharos was changed to the Daily Pharos, and Logansport...