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
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2. Pontus
   archaic or obsolete terms > Places: Turkey north east
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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 Pontos noun (Greek mythology) ancient personification of the sea; father of Nereus
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4. 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 ...
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5. 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]
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6. 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 appea...
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7. Pontus
   Pontus, ancient country, NE Asia Minor (now Turkey), on the Black Sea coast. On its inland side were Cappadocia and W Armenia. It was not significantly penetrated by Persian or Hellenic civilization. In the 4th cent. B.C., Pontus was taken over by a Persian family, profiting by the breakup of the em...
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8. Pontus
   Pontus (pon'tus) , in Greek religion and mythology, sea god. He was the son of Gaea and by her the father of Ceto, Nereus, Thaumus, Phorcus, and Eurybia.
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9. Pontus
   , "sea") is a historical Greek designation for a region on the southern coast of the Black Sea, located in modern-day northeastern Turkey. The name was applied to the coastal region in antiquity by the Greeks who colonized the area, and derived from the Greek name of the Black Sea: Π�...
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10. Pontus
    (mythology) In Greek mythology, `Pontus` or `Pontos` (Πόντος) (English translation: "sea") was an ancient, pre-Olympian sea-god, one of the protogenoi, the "first-born". Pontus was the son of Gaia and according to the Greek poet location=London--...
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