| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| farolito |
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| SYLLABICATION: | fa·ro·li·to |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  f r  -l  t , fär- |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. fa·ro·li·tos
New Mexico See luminaria (sense 1). | | ETYMOLOGY: | Spanish, paper lantern, diminutive of farol, lantern, from faro, lighthouse, lantern, from Latin pharus, from Pharus, Pharos.
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