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fanals

fanals is the plural of fanal.

Meaning of fanal

Noun

fanal (plural fanals)

  1. (obsolete) A lighthouse
  2. (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; […]1764 January 20, Tobias Smollett, “Letter, XIV”, in Travels Through France and Italy, published 1766
    Synonyms:
    lantern

Questions about fanals

What is fanals the plural of?
Fanals is the plural of fanal.

Words near fanals in the dictionary

  1. Fanagalo
  2. Fanakalo
  3. fanal
  4. fanaloka
  5. fanalokas
  6. fanals
  7. fanam
  8. fanams
  9. fananserin
  10. fanapanel
  11. Fanara

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