/ˈpɔn.to/
OrigineBorrowed from Latin pontus, from Ancient Greek πόντος (póntos).
- Greek, masculinePontus
- masculinePontus (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)
- historical, masculinePontus (a former province of the Roman Empire covering the western half of the Pontus region unified with Bithynia; in full, Bithynia et Pontus)
Formeponti(plural)