Pontos

German

Proper noun

Pontos n (proper noun, strong, genitive Pontos)

1. Pontus (modern-day region covering the eastern half of the southern coast of the Black Sea, in Anatolia in Turkey)
2. (historical) Pontus (ancient region in modern Turkey, roughly corresponding to the modern Pontus region)
3. (historical) Pontus (ancient Hellenistic-era kingdom in Anatolia in modern Turkey)
4. (historical) Pontus (province of the Roman Empire, annexed to Bithynia in 63 BC)