Pontus

Meaning

1. (declension-2, masculine, singular) 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. (declension-2, historical, masculine, singular) Pontus (a former province of the Roman Empire covering the western half of the Pontus region unified with Bithynia; in full, Bithynia et Pontus)
3. (declension-2, masculine, singular) the Black Sea
4. (declension-2, masculine, singular) the general region around the Black Sea

Concepts

Black Sea

Euxine Sea

Pontus

Synonyms

Pontus Euxinus

Translations

Mar Nero

Μαύρη Θάλασσα

Mar Negra

Schwarzes Meer

mer Noire

Zwarte Zee

Mar Negra

Mar Nêra

Mar Negro

Ponto

Mar Negro

البحر الأسود

Karadeniz

اَلْبَحْر اَلْأَسْوَد

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈpɔn.tʊs]

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πόντος (Póntos). Doublet of pōns.