Pontus

Etymology
From, from , from , from. .

Proper noun

 * 1)  A sea god, particularly of the Black Sea.
 * 2)   covering the area of the ancient kingdom.
 * 3)   covering the area of the ancient kingdom.
 * 1)   covering the area of the ancient kingdom.

Translations

 * Arabic: بونتوس
 * Catalan: Pontos
 * Esperanto: Ponto, Pontoso
 * French:
 * Georgian: პონტოსი
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: Πόντος
 * Italian: Ponto
 * Korean: ^폰토스
 * Latin: Pontus
 * Lithuanian: Pontas
 * Marathi: पाँटस
 * Portuguese: Ponto
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: Ponto
 * Swedish: Pontos


 * Albanian: Pont
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: Понт
 * Catalan: Pont
 * Czech: Pontus
 * Danish: Pontos
 * Dutch: Pontus
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: Pontos
 * French:
 * Georgian: პონტო
 * German: Pontos
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: Πόντος
 * Hungarian: Pontosz
 * Irish: Pontas
 * Italian: Ponto
 * Latin: Pontus
 * Latvian: Ponta
 * Lithuanian: Pontas
 * Marathi: पाँटस
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: Pontos
 * Ottoman Turkish: پونتوس
 * Persian: بنطس, پنطس
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: Ponto
 * Romanian: Pontus
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Понт
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: Pontos
 * Slovene: Pont
 * Spanish: Ponto
 * Swedish:, Pontos
 * Ukrainian: Понт

Etymology
From. .

Proper noun

 * 1)  kingdom and later Roman province
 * 2) the Black Sea
 * 3) the general region around the Black Sea

Etymology
Brought to Sweden by the French soldier Pontus De La Gardie (~1520-1585), originally, from the saint's name.