Pontus

American  

[pon-tuhs] / ˈpɒn təs /

noun

1. an ancient country in NE Asia Minor, bordering on the Black Sea: later a Roman province.

2. Also Pontos the ancient Greek personification of the sea.

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Pontus British  

/ ˈpɒntəs /

noun

1. an ancient region of NE Asia Minor, on the Black Sea: became a kingdom in the 4th century _bc ; at its height under Mithridates VI (about 115–63 _bc ), when it controlled all Asia Minor; defeated by the Romans in the mid-1st century _bc

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Example Sentences

"It was a complete surprise to see that it was a wolf and not a dog," said Pontus Skoglund of the Ancient Genomics Laboratory at the Francis Crick Institute and senior author.

From Science Daily

In the 4th Century BCE, the passage of Alexander the Great's army contributed to the creation of another Greek-speaking centre, to the South of Pontus, at Cappadocia.

From Science Daily

In this work, by the Swedish choreographer Pontus Lidberg, rabbits are part of a nightmare, and an awfully Freudian one.

From New York Times

Now we call it the Pontus Plate — a name chosen by she and her Utrecht University team after the primordial Greek sea god, and the former Pontus Ocean once atop the plate.

From Salon

Decade-old research from the same lab also showed a hint of the Pontus plate.

From Scientific American