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Ponant
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ponant
French
Etymology
From fr ponant the west setting (of the sun).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
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fr dated Western Europe
fr dated the western Mediterranean
fr Levant
fr La Sicile était la plus florissante des colonies grecques du Ponant. Sicily was the most prosperous of the Greek colonies in the western Mediterranean.
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