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Pontus
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pontus
English
Kingdom of +
Etymology
en ine-pro *pent-
From en la Pontus, from en grc Πόντος Black Sea, Pontus, from grc πόντος sea, from en gmy 𐀡𐀵. en pons.
Pronunciation
en /ˈpɒntəs/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Pontus.wav Southern England
en /ˈpɑːntəs/ US
en ɒntəs UK 2
Proper noun
en Greek god A sea god, particularly of the Black Sea.
en Q621672en An <<ancient kingdom>> and <<cultural region>> covering the eastern half of the southern coast of the Black Sea, in <<r/Anatolia>> in modern <<c:also/Turkey>>; traditionally Greek-speaking Ancient Near East.
en Q913382en historical en A <<former province>> of the <<empire/Roman Empire>> covering the western half of the Pontus region unified with Bithynia Bithynia et Pontus.
Related terms
en Pontic
Translations
god of the sea
Arabic: ar بونتوس m
Bulgarian: bg Понт m
Catalan: ca Pontos m
Esperanto: eo Ponto, eo Pontoso
French: fr Pontos m
Georgian: ka პონტოსი
Greek: el Πόντος m
Ancient Greek: grc Πόντος m
Hindi: hi पोन्तोस
Italian: it Ponto m
Korean: ko ^폰토스
Latin: la Pontus m
Lithuanian: lt Pontas m
Marathi: mr पाँटस
Portuguese: pt Ponto m
Russian: ru Понт m
Spanish: es Ponto m
Swedish: sv Pontos
a region on the southern coast of the Black Sea
Albanian: sq Pont
Armenian: hy Պոնտոս
Bulgarian: bg Понт m
Catalan: ca Pont m
Czech: cs Pontus m
Danish: da Pontos
Dutch: nl Pontus n
Estonian: et Pontus
Finnish: fi Pontos
French: fr Pont m
Georgian: ka პონტო
German: de Pontos n
Greek: el Πόντος m
Ancient Greek: grc Πόντος m
Hindi: hi पुंतुस
Hungarian: hu Pontosz
Irish: ga Pontas m
Italian: it Ponto m
Kazakh: kk Понтус
Latin: la Pontus m
Latvian: lv Ponta f
Lithuanian: lt Pontas m
Macedonian: mk Понт m
Manchu: mnc ᡦᠣᠩᡨᠠ
Marathi: mr पाँटस
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Pontos
Persian: fa بنطس bontos, fa پنطس pontos
Polish: pl Pont m
Portuguese: pt Ponto m
Romanian: ro Pontus m
Russian: ru Понт m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Понт m
Latin: sh Pont m
Slovak: sk Pontos m
Slovene: sl Pont m
Spanish: es Ponto m
Swedish: sv Pontus, sv Pontos
Turkish:
Ottoman Turkish: ota پونتوس Pontus
Ukrainian: uk Понт m
Anagrams
en nopstu puntos put-ons puts on ton-ups unpots unstop
en terms derived from toponyms 2-syllable words
Latin
Etymology
la Pontus :bor grc:Πόντος + 1 pōns
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pontus<2>
la Pontus Q621672,Q913382
the Black Sea
la Pontus Euxīnus
the general region around the Black Sea
Declension
Pontus<2>
Descendants
en Pontus 1
References
Swedish
Etymology
Brought to Sweden by the French soldier Pontus De La Gardie (~1520-1585), originally fr Ponce, from the saint's name la Pontius.
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Pontus.wav
Proper noun
c
sv male