ponent

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ponent

/ˈpəʊnənt/

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Borrowed from Italian ponente (“west”), ultimately from pōnēns, present participle of pōnō (“to place”).

noun ponents

The west; the area of the setting sun.
Similar: occident, west · Opposite: orient, east, levant

adjective

not comparable Pertaining to the west, westerly. Forth rush the Levant and the Ponent winds, Eurus and Zephyr

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@misc{ponent_2026,
  title = {ponent},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ponent},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}