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What is a pharos?

What is a pharos? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (historical) An ancient lighthouse or beacon to guide sailors.
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The LV18 ship in Harwich Harbour is owned by the charitable Pharos Trust, which is hoping to turn the former lightship into an educational and tourist attraction.
Pharos is a national knowledge centre that concentrates on developing, studying and conveying knowledge in the field of health and health care for refugees and asylum seekers in the Netherlands.
Then the MV Pharos cast off, sailing away from the pier for the last time, with the piper playing on deck.
It also served as a platform for a monumental lighthouse, or pharos, that imitated the great Pharos of Alexandria.
Pharos also said Telecom Egypt's retail business continues to be under pressure against a highly competitive mobile landscape.
When the Romans came to Britain they built a pharos, or lighthouse, at Dover, and several beacons were maintained during the following centuries.

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