Pontine

Latin Pontinus or Pomptinus, an appellation given to a district in Latium, near Pometia.

Pontine (comparative more Pontine, superlative most Pontine)

1. Of or relating to the Pontine Marshes, a formerly extensive swampy area between Rome and Naples. The area has since been drained and reclaimed and is today mostly used for agriculture.

• “Pontine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

From Latin Pontia +‎ -ine.

Pontine (comparative more Pontine, superlative most Pontine)

1. Pertaining to Ponza, an island in the Tyrrhenian Sea

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