Usually means: Sea deity in Greek mythology.
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  1. Pontus: Merriam-Webster
  2. Pontus: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Pontus: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Pontus: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Pontus: Vocabulary.com
  6. Pontus, pontus: Wordnik
  7. Pontus: Wiktionary
  8. Pontus: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. Pontus: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Pontus, pontus: Dictionary.com
  11. Pontus (disambiguation), Pontus (mythology), Pontus (region), Pontus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Pontus: Rhymezone
  13. pontus: FreeDictionary.org
  14. pontus: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. Pontus: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Pontus: Encyclopedia

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  1. Pontus: Medical dictionary

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  1. Encyclopedia of the Orient (No longer online)

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Pontus: Easton Bible
  2. Pontus: Smith's Bible Dictionary

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  1. pontus: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Pontus)

▸ noun:  (Greek mythology) A sea god, particularly of the Black Sea.
▸ noun:  (historical) An ancient kingdom in northern Anatolia, on the south coast of the Black Sea.
▸ noun:  (historical) A province of the Roman Empire covering the area of the ancient kingdom.
▸ noun:  (chiefly historical) A region of Turkey covering the area of the ancient kingdom.

Similar:
pontos, Poseidon, Thaumas, triton, Phorcys, Neptune, Telesto, Pallas, Oceanus, sea king, more...

Types:
Black Sea, Euxine Sea, more...

Phrases:
pontus euxinus, heraclides of pontus, klas pontus arnoldson, pontus de tyard, Pharnaces II of Pontus, more...

Adjectives:
bithynia, eastern, ancient, western, native, distant, northern, remote, old, uncivil, southern

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Similar:
pontos, Poseidon, Thaumas, triton, Phorcys, Neptune, Telesto, Pallas, Oceanus, sea king, more...

Types:
Black Sea, Euxine Sea, more...

Phrases:
pontus euxinus, heraclides of pontus, klas pontus arnoldson, pontus de tyard, Pharnaces II of Pontus, Pontus Jansson, Pontus Dahlberg, Republic of Pontus, Pontus Almqvist, Bithynia and Pontus, more...

Adjectives:
bithynia, eastern, ancient, western, native, distant, northern, remote, old, uncivil, southern



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