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fanal

/ˈfeɪnəl/

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Borrowed from French fanal, from Ancient Greek φανάριον (phanárion).

noun fanals

obsolete A lighthouse
obsolete The beacon inside a lighthouse On the right hand, as you enter the port, there is an elegant fanal, or lighthouse, kept in good repair: but in all the charts of this coast which I have seen, this lanthorn is laid down to the westward of the harbour; […]
Similar: lantern

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@misc{fanal_2026,
  title = {fanal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fanal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}