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ponto^¹

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From Portuguese ponto (“point”), Old Galician-Portuguese ponto, from Latin punctum, from pungō (“to prick, to puncture”). Doublet of point, pointe, puncto, punctum, punt, and punto.

noun pontos

historical A traditional short Portuguese unit of length usually about equal to 0.2 mm.
Similar: Portuguese point, point

Ponto^²

proper noun

A locality in the Dubbo council area, central New South Wales, Australia.

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@misc{ponto_2026,
  title = {ponto},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ponto},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}