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Look up: Pontus

  1. Pontus
    [n] - (Greek mythology) ancient personification of the sea 2. [n] - an ancient region of northern Asia Minor on the Black Sea
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Pontus
    archaic or obsolete terms > Places: Turkey north east
    Found on http://www.skyscript.co.uk/glossarytt.ht

  3. Pontus
    Kingdom of northeastern Asia Minor on the Black Sea from about 300-65 BC when its greatest ruler, Mithridates VI Eupator, was defeated by the Roman general Pompey. ...
    Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/

  4. Pontus
    noun an ancient region of northern Asia Minor on the Black Sea; it reached its height under Mithridates VI but was later incorporated into the Roman Empire
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  5. Pontus
    Pontos noun (Greek mythology) ancient personification of the sea; father of Nereus
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  6. Pontus
    `Pontus` (Greek: `) is a region on the southern coast of the Black Sea. `Pontos` (the main) following the exploration and the colonization of the Anatolian and other Black Sea cities by the Ionian Greeks beginning about the end of the Greek Dark Ages. The name eventually became more specific to the area of northeast Anatolia in late classical times. In modern Greek it can refer to either. Today it is located in Turkey.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontus

  7. Pontus
    `Pontus` (Greek: `) is a region on the southern coast of the Black Sea. `Pontos` (the main) following the exploration and the colonization of the Anatolian and other Black Sea cities by the Ionian Greeks beginning about the end of the Greek Dark Ages. The name eventually became more specific to the area of northeast Anatolia in late classical times. In modern Greek it can refer to either. Today it is located in Turkey.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontus

  8. Pontus
    (from the article `Poseidon`) in Greek religion, god of the sea and of water generally; he is to be distinguished from Pontus, the personification of the sea and the oldest Greek ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/93

  9. Pontus
    ancient district in northeastern Anatolia adjoining the Black Sea. In the 1st century it briefly contested Rome`s hegemony in Anatolia. An ... [4 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/93

  10. Pontus
    Pontus is a Scandinavian boy name. The meaning of the name is `Sea` Where is it used? The name Pontus is mainly used In Scandinavian.How do they say it elsewhere? Poncio ( In Spanish) Ponzio ( In Italian) Pons ( In French) Pontius ( In Ancient Roman and In the bible) The name Pontus doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 ye
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Pont

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