Pharos

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Pharos is:

• The name of the lighthouse of Alexandria, as well as the island off the Egyptian coast at the port of Alexandria on which the lighthouse still stands;
• The Roman lighthouse at Dubris;
• The Greek and Latin word for "lighthouse", and thus the etymological origin of the word for "lighthouse" in many romance languages, such as French (phare), Italian and Spanish (faro), Portuguese (farol) and Romanian (far);
• The ancient name for the island of Hvar in the Adriatic off the Dalmatian coast of modern Croatia, as well as the name of the original Greek colony, and its capital - modern Stari Grad. It was the stronghold of Demetrius of Pharos;
• A column near to Constantinople;
• A European Union 6th Framework Programme project for cooperation among radioastronomers in Europe: [[1]];
• Pharos, an ambient music album by SETI.
• The Pharos Project from Logopolis, a Doctor Who serial.
• Pharos Reizen van ANWB is a touroperator from the Netherlands (travel industry) [[2]];