PONTUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pontus mean? 

• PONTUS (noun)
  The noun PONTUS has 2 senses:

1. (Greek mythology) ancient personification of the sea; father of Nereus

2. an ancient region of northern Asia Minor on the Black Sea; it reached its height under Mithridates VI but was later incorporated into the Roman Empire

  Familiarity information: PONTUS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PONTUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Greek mythology) ancient personification of the sea; father of Nereus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Pontos; Pontus

Hypernyms ("Pontus" is a kind of...):

Greek deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An ancient region of northern Asia Minor on the Black Sea; it reached its height under Mithridates VI but was later incorporated into the Roman Empire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Holonyms ("Pontus" is a part of...):

Anatolia; Asia Minor (a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey)