Pont

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Pontus, from Ancient Greek Πόντος (Póntos). Doublet of Pontos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈpɔn]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpɔnt]

Proper noun

Pont m

1. Pontus (an ancient kingdom and cultural region covering the eastern half of the southern coast of the Black Sea, in Anatolia in modern Turkey; traditionally Greek-speaking)
2. (historical) Pontus (a former province of the Roman Empire covering the western half of the Pontus region unified with Bithynia; in full, Bithynia et Pontus)

Related terms

• pòntic

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Pontus, from Ancient Greek Πόντος (Póntos).

Proper noun

Pont m

1. Pontus (an ancient kingdom and cultural region covering the eastern half of the southern coast of the Black Sea, in Anatolia in modern Turkey; traditionally Greek-speaking)
2. (historical) Pontus (a former province of the Roman Empire covering the western half of the Pontus region unified with Bithynia; in full, Bithynia et Pontus)

Related terms

• pontique