Lighthouse

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English

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A lighthouse

Etymology

light +‎ house

Pronunciation

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Noun

Singular Lighthouse

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1. A building, usually a tower, containing a light to warn or guide ships.

Derived terms

• lighthouse coffeepot
• lighthouse keeper
• lighthouse tube

Translations

building containing a light to warn or guide ships

Afrikaans: vuurtoring Albanian: far, fanar Arabic: مَنَارَة ar(ar) (manāra) f. Armenian: փարոս hy(hy) (p’aros) Azeri: mayak az(az), dəniz fənəri az(az) Bosnian: svjetionik bs(bs) m., svjetilja bs(bs) f. Breton: [[tour-tan#Template:Br|tour-tan]] br(br) Bulgarian: фар (far) m. Catalan: far Chinese: 燈塔, 灯塔 (dēngtǎ) Croatian: svjetionik hr(hr) m. Czech: maják cs(cs) m. Danish: fyrtårn Dutch: vuurtoren nl(nl) m. Esperanto: lumturo eo(eo) Estonian: tuletorn, majakas Finnish: majakka fi(fi) French: phare fr(fr) m. Georgian: შუქური ka(ka) (šuquri) German: Feuerturm de(de) m., Leuchtturm de(de) m. Greek: φάρος el(el) m. (fáros) Gujarati: દીવાદાંડી (dīvādān.d.ī) f. Hebrew: מגדלור he(he) m. Hindi: रोशनीघर (rośanīghar), दीपगृह (dīpagraha) Hungarian: világítótorony hu(hu)

Italian: faro it(it) m. Japanese: 灯台 (とうだい, tōdai) Korean: 등대 (燈臺, deungdae) Kurdish: fanûsgeh Latin: pharus la(la) f. Marathi: सागरातलादिवा Northern Sami: čuovgatoardna Persian: فانوس, فانوس دریایی Polish: latarnia f., latarnia morska f. Portuguese: farol pt(pt) m. (Brazil) Romanian: far ro(ro) n. Russian: маяк ru(ru) (maják) m. Sanskrit: दीपस्तंभः (dīpastaṃbhah) Serbian: Cyrillic: светионик m., светиља f. Roman: svetionik m., svetilja f. Slovak: maják sk(sk) m. Slovene: svetilnik sl(sl) m. Spanish: faro es(es) m. Swedish: fyr sv(sv) Turkish: fener, fener kulesi, deniz feneri Ukrainian: маяк uk(uk) m. Urdu: منارہ (manāra), روشنی گھر (rośanī-ghar)

See also

• beacon

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