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Complete Definition of "lighthouse"

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English
Image:LighthousePoint NewHavenCT?.JPG|thumb|A lighthouse

Etymology
light + house

Noun
en-noun

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

Derived terms
lighthouse coffeepot
lighthouse keeper
lighthouse tube

Translations
trans-top|building containing a light to warn or guide ships
Afrikaans: vuurtoring
Albanian: far, fanar
Arabic: t+|ar|منارة|f|altمَنَارَة|trmanāra|sc=ARchar
Bosnian: t-|bs|svjetionik|m, t-|bs|svjetilja|f
Bulgarian: фар (far) m
Catalan: far
Chinese: 燈塔, 灯塔 (dēngtǎ)
Croatian: t-|hr|svjetionik|m, t-|hr|svjetilja|f
Czech: t+|cs|maják|m
Danish: fyrtårn
Dutch: t+|nl|vuurtoren|m
Esperanto: t|eo|lumturo|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: tuletorn, majakas
Finnish: t+|fi|majakka
French: t+|fr|phare|m
German: t-|de|Feuerturm|m, t+|de|Leuchtturm|m
Greek, Modern: t|el|φάρος|m|sc=Grek (fáros)
Gujarati: દીવાદાંડી (dīvādān.d.ī) f
Hebrew: t|he|מגדלור|m|sc=Hebr
Hindi: रोशनीघर (rośanīghar), दीपगृह (dīpagraha)
Hungarian: t+|hu|világítótorony
Italian: t+|it|faro|m
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Japanese: 灯台 (とうだい, tōdai)
Korean: 등대 (燈臺, deungdae)
Kurdish: fanûsgeh
Latin: t|la|pharus|f
Marathi: सागरातलादिवा
Northern Sami: čuovgatoardna
Persian: FAchar|فانوس, FAchar|فانوس دریایی
Polish: latarnia f, latarnia morska f
Portuguese: t+|pt|farol|m italbrac|Brazil
Romanian: t-|ro|far|n
Russian: t-|ru|маяк|m|trmaják|scCyrl
Sanskrit: दीपस्तंभः (dīpastaṃbhah)
Serbian:

Slovak: t-|sk|maják|m
Slovene: t+|sl|svetilnik|m
Spanish: t+|es|faro|m
Swedish: t-|sv|fyr
Turkish: fener, fener kulesi, deniz feneri
Ukrainian: t-|uk|маяк|m|scCyrl|xsUkrainian
Urdu: URchar|منارہ (manāra), URchar|روشنی گھر (rośanī-ghar)
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See also
beacon

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