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Pontus
PON-tuhs
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An ancient region on the southern coast of the Black Sea, also a masculine given name in Scandinavia.
"Pontus was an important kingdom in Hellenistic Anatolia."
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Etymology
From Greek Πόντος (Póntos, "sea"), also the name of the Black Sea in antiquity.