← All words
proper noun

Ponto

/ˈponto/

proper noun/ˈponto/

Pontus (pre-Olympian god of the sea); 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); Pontus (a former province of the Roman Empire covering the western half of the Pontus region unified with Bithynia; in full, Bithynia et Pontus)

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pent- Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s Proto-Hellenic *póntos Ancient Greek πόντος (póntos) Ancient Greek Πόντος (Póntos)bor. Spanish Ponto Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πόντος (Póntos).