Pontine, a.2
(ˈpɒntaɪn, ˈpɒntiːn)
[f. L. Pontus, Gr. Πόντος, the Black Sea + -ine1.]
= Pontic a.1
1920 Q. Rev. Jan. 244 It would be necessary to guarantee a local autonomy to the Greeks of the Pontine littoral. 1968 S. Johnson Turkish Panorama x. 96, I was now in the very foothills of the Pontine Mountains. |