Well attestedNamed from the place
Pontus
noun · first attested 16th century
A sea's name became a region's.
The ancient region along the southern Black Sea coast.
Record
- Relationship
- Named from the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 16th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Pontus
- In English
Pontus
Greek pontos meant sea, and the Black Sea's southern shore took the name. Pontic Greek is still spoken by its descendants.
Turkey
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