pontus
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 6
/ˈpɒntəs/(UK)
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/ˈpɒntəs/(UK) · /ˈpɑːntəs/(US)
Definition of pontus
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
name
- (Greek)A sea god, particularly of the Black Sea.
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name
- (Greek)A sea god, particularly of the Black Sea.
- An ancient kingdom and cultural region covering the eastern half of the southern coast of the Black Sea, in Anatolia in modern Turkey; traditionally Greek-speaking.
- (historical)A former province of the Roman Empire covering the western half of the Pontus region unified with Bithynia; in full, Bithynia et Pontus.
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Etymology
From Latin Pontus, from Ancient Greek Πόντος (Póntos, “Black Sea, Pontus”), from πόντος (póntos, “sea”), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀵 (po-to). Doublet of pons.
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