Tower of Pharos

Definitions of Tower of Pharos
  1. noun
    a great lighthouse (500 feet high) built at Alexandria in 285 BC
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    beacon, beacon light, lighthouse, pharos
    a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships
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