Понтус

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic پونتۋس
Cyrillic Понтус
Latin Pontus

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πόντος (Póntos).

Proper noun

Понтус • (Pontus)

  1. 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. (historical) Pontus (a former province of the Roman Empire covering the western half of the Pontus region unified with Bithynia; in full, Bithynia et Pontus)
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