Ponant
See also: ponant
French
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔ.nɑ̃/
Proper noun
Ponant m
- (dated) Western Europe
- (dated) the western Mediterranean
- Antonym: Levant
- La Sicile était la plus florissante des colonies grecques du Ponant.
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Further reading
- “Ponant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “Ponant” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
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