TOWER OF PHAROS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A great lighthouse (500 feet high) built at Alexandria in 285 BC

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Instance hypernyms:

beacon; beacon light; lighthouse; pharos (a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships)

Holonyms ("Tower of Pharos" is a member of...):

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World; Seven Wonders of the World (impressive monuments created in the ancient world that were regarded with awe)

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