Pont
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Pont (pronounced pohn; French for bridge; also Welsh for bridge when prefixed to another word, the "t" not silent) is the name or part of the name of several places. It also means 'period' and 'exactly' in Hungarian (where the 't' is pronounced).
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[edit] France
Pont is the name or part of the name of several communes of France:
- Pont, Côte-d'Or, in the Côte-d'Or département
- Pont-Bellanger, in the Calvados département
- Pont-d'Ouilly, in the Calvados département
- Pont-Farcy, in the Calvados département
- Pont-l'Évêque, Calvados, in the Calvados département
- Pont-l'Évêque, Oise, in the Oise département
[edit] Switzerland
- Du Pont, Switzerland, a Swiss hamlet that is part of the commune of L'Abbaye
[edit] United Kingdom
- Pont, Cornwall (where the "t" is pronounced, not silent)
- Pont, County Durham (where the "t" is pronounced, not silent)
- the River Pont in Ponteland, Northumberland
[edit] Wales (Part of the UK)
Some examples of towns in Wales that have derived from their use of a bridge:
- Pontarddulais, Swansea Welsh for "Bridge over the (river) Dulais"
[edit] People
- John Pont, American college football coach
- Mike Pont, singer
- Timothy Pont, Scottish mapmaker of the late 16th century
- See also Du Pont family
- (Gavin) Graham Laidler, British cartoonist, 'Pont' of Punch
[edit] See also
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