Pontus
pronunciation
How to pronounce Pontus in British English:
UK [ˈpɔntəs]
How to pronounce Pontus in American English:
US [ˈpɑntəs]
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- Noun:
- (Greek mythology) ancient personification of the sea; father of Nereus
- 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
Word Origin
- Pontus
- ancient district of Anatolia, from Greek pontos "sea" (see pons).
Example
- 1. There is another mention of the ouroboros laying at the edge of " the sea which surrounds the world , " called pontus .
- 2. Now we all know what happened in pontus .
- 3. Peter , an apostle of jesus christ , to the strangers scattered throughout pontus , galatia , cappadocia , asia , and bithynia .
- 4. Kjv peter , an apostle of jesus christ , to the strangers scattered throughout pontus , galatia , cappadocia , asia , and bithynia .
- 5. Peter , an apostle of jesus christ , to the strangers scattered throughout pontus , galatia , cappadocia , asia , and bithynia , .