Ponant

See also: ponant

French

Etymology

From ponant (“the west”, literally “setting (of the sun)”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔ.nɑ̃/

Proper noun

Ponant m

  1. (dated) Western Europe
  2. (dated) the western Mediterranean
    Antonym: Levant
    La Sicile était la plus florissante des colonies grecques du Ponant.
    Sicily was the most prosperous of the Greek colonies in the western Mediterranean.

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