Pontic

Pontic

Pontic, from the Greek "pontos", or "sea", can refer to:

* The Black Sea
** The Pontic colonies, on its northern shores
** Pontus, a region on its southern shores
** The Pontic-Caspian steppe, steppelands stretching from north of the Black Sea as far as the east as the Caspian Sea
** The Pontic Mountains a range of mountains in northern Turkey, close to the southern coast of the Black Sea
** Pontic Greeks, all Greek peoples from the shores of the Black Sea and Pontus
** Pontic Greek , a form of the Greek language originally spoken by the Pontic Greeks
** The Northwest Caucasian, or Pontic, language family
** Proto-Pontic, a hypothetical linguistic phylum

Pontic can also refer to:
*Pontic, a false tooth used within a dental bridge


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  • Pontic — Pon tic, a. [L. Ponticus, Gr. ?, fr. ? the sea, especially, the Black Sea.] Of or pertaining to the Pontus, Euxine, or Black Sea. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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