What does the name 'Pont' as in Pontefract or Pontypoolmean?
"Pont-Aven Pont-Aven () Breton:'River Bridge' is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. Inhabitants of Pont-Aven are called in French ""Pontavenistes"". Pont-Aven is mainly known because of the group of artists who flocked round Émile Bernard and Paul Gauguin, and who were joined in 1888 by Paul Sérusier. They were collectively known as ""Pont-Aven School"" (French: ""École de Pont-Aven"", Breton: ""Skol Pont-Aven""). Pont Aven School of Contemporary Art (PASCA) is an international fine arts program located in the historic artists' colony of Pont-Aven (Brittany, France). The student body is made up of third-year university or art"
"Ponteland Ponteland ( ) is a village in Northumberland, England, north of Newcastle upon Tyne. The name means ""island in the Pont"", after the River Pont which flows from west to east and joins the River Blyth further downstream, before flowing into the North Sea. Newcastle Airport is to the south of the village. Ponteland was first built on marshland near St Mary's Church and the old bridge. Most of the marshland has now been drained to make way for housing. In the industrial era, Ponteland village enlarged to include residential developments in Darras Hall. The village has grown to"
"a native of Yorkshire, who later gave them to Roger Dodsworth, an antiquary. They were later published by the Yorkshire Archaeological Society. Pontefract has been a market town since the Middle Ages; market days are Wednesday and Saturday, with a smaller market on Fridays. The covered market is open all week, except Thursday afternoons and Sundays. Thursday afternoon is half-day closing in the town. The town is called 'Ponte'/'Ponty' by its citizens and sometimes jokingly referred to as Ponte Carlo, in reference to Monte Carlo. This theme is continued in the name of bars in the xscape complex, Glasshoughton between"
"pointed out that the term existed before there were any bridges in Rome and derived the word from Old Latin ""pontis"" (sic) meaning a powerful or absolute master, while others derived it from ""potis facere"" in the sense of ""able to sacrifice"". The last derivation is mentioned also by Varro, who rejected it, but it was the view of Pontifex Maximus Quintus Scaevola. Others have held that the word was originally ""pompifex"" (leader of public processions). The word ""pons"" originally meant ""way"" and ""pontifex"" would thus mean ""maker of roads and bridges"". Another opinion is that the word is a"
"Pont Pill Pont Pill (, meaning ""creek of seal cove""), joins the River Fowey at Penleath Point just below the memorial to Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch at the north-east corner of Fowey harbour. Pont Pill is a tidal river and is only navigable at high water. Unspoiled by development, Pont Pill is popular with bird watchers, walkers, sailors and sport fishermen. The best way to see Pont Pill is by small boat at high water when it is possible to reach the bridge a mile-and-a-half upriver at Pont (Old , meaning ""bridge of the creek"") the end of the navigable water."
"Pontefract Pontefract is a historic market town in West Yorkshire, England, near the A1 (or Great North Road) and the M62 motorway. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is one of the five towns in the metropolitan borough of the City of Wakefield and has a population of 28,250, increasing to 30,881 at the 2011 Census. Pontefract's motto is ""Post mortem patris pro filio"", Latin for ""After the death of the father, support the son"", a reference to the English Civil War Royalist sympathies. At the end of the 11th century, the modern township of Pontefract consisted"
"Pontypridd Pontypridd () often colloquially known as Ponty, is both a community and the county town of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, and is situated 12 miles (19 km) north of the Welsh capital city of Cardiff. Pontypridd comprises the electoral wards of Cilfynydd, Glyncoch, Graig, Hawthorn, Pontypridd Town, 'Rhondda', Rhydyfelin Central/Ilan (Rhydfelen), Trallwng (Trallwn) and Treforest (Trefforest), and falls within the Welsh Assembly and UK parliamentary constituency by the same name. The town sits at the junction of the Rhondda and Taff/Cynon valleys, where the River Rhondda flows into the Taff immediately south of the town at Ynysangharad War Memorial"
"Pontyclun Pontyclun (or Pont-y-clun) is a village and community located in the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Like the surrounding towns, it has seen a sharp increase in its population in the last ten years as people migrate south from the South Wales Valleys, and west from the capital city of Cardiff. Pontyclun translates from the Welsh language as 'bridge [over] the River Clun', the Clun being a tributary of the River Ely that runs through Pontyclun. A bridge crosses the Afon Clun just above its confluence with the Ely. The village is served by Pontyclun railway station"
"Pont-Saint-Esprit Pont-Saint-Esprit (Occitan: ""Lo Pònt Sant Esperit"", ""Holy Spirit Bridge"") is a commune in the Gard département in southern France. It is situated on the Rhône River and is the site of a historical crossing, hence its name. The Ardèche River flows into the Rhône, just to the north of the bridge. The residents are called Spiripontains. The bridge was observed by the Irish pilgrim Symon Semeonis in 1323 on his way to the Holy Land: ""Pont-Saint-Esprit where there is a famous stone bridge over the Rhône, half a mile in length, the height of which and the breadth of"
"Pontecorvo Pontecorvo is a town and ""comune"" in the province of Frosinone, Lazio, Italy. Its population is c. 13,200. The village lies under Rocca Guglielma, a medieval fortification perched on an inaccessible spur. Its name derives from the ""pons curvus"", ""curved bridge"", that may still be seen spanning the Liri in the center of the town that grew around the bridgehead in the course of the Middle Ages. The curve of the bridge was intended to divert timbers that might strike its piers during floods. The folk etymology of ""corvo"", ""crow"", symbol of the ""black monks"", the Benedictines of the"
"Ponte (rione of Rome) Ponte is the fifth rione of Rome, and is located in Municipio I. Its name (meaning ""bridge"" in Italian) comes from Ponte Sant'Angelo, which connects Ponte with the rione of Borgo. This bridge was built by Emperor Hadrian (and originally named after him ""Pons Aelius"") in 134 AD to connect his mausoleum to the rest of the city. Though Pope Sixtus V changed the rione limits so that the bridge belongs now to Borgo, not to Ponte any more, the area has kept its name. Its logo is obviously a bridge. In ancient Rome, the area"
"Pontyberem originates from three separate Welsh language words, pont meaning bridge, aber meaning mouth of a river (into the sea), estuary, confluence of a lesser with a larger river and Beran after Nant Beran the river that flows through Pontyberem . 'Although not immediately obvious the element aber once formed part of this place name and referred to the location of the pont (bridge) over the river Gwendraeth Fawr just below its confluence with Nant Beran. It was probably lost through the contraction of aber and the river name Beran. The -a- of aber was then interpreted as the definite"
"with a plant in the shape of a scallop shell. The name of the city is likely a Latin composite of ""pons, pontis"" (bridge) and ""veter, vetera, veterum"" (old, long established). In Galicia, Latin ""pons"", a masculine word, became feminine, hence Vulgar Latin ""Ponte Vetera"", which became by the 13th century the modern Galician language toponymy ""Pontevedra"", ""the old bridge"", in reference to an old Roman bridge across the Lérez River which had been located near the 12th century that remains in place today. A local legend relates the foundation of Pontevedra to Teucer, hero of the Trojan War, a"
"said to be derived from ""pontis vallum"", Latin meaning ""the bridge over the ditch."" In the early 19th century it was called Ponting's Ball and by 1876 Fronter's Ball. An alternative of Portarius after a family who owned land at Havyatt. Ponter's Ball Dyke Ponter's Ball Dyke is a linear earthwork located near Glastonbury in Somerset, England. It crosses, at right angles, an ancient road that continues on to the Isle of Avalon. It consists of an embankment with a ditch on the east side. It is built across the ridge of land between Glastonbury and West Pennard. Both ends"
"a substantial part of Ponteland's railway connections have been resurrected as part of the Tyne & Wear Metro system to serve Newcastle Airport. Reflecting its rural surroundings, Ponteland has several country walks. These concentrate around Ponteland Park and include a walk from the Diamond Inn to Kirkley and from Medburn to the Highlander Inn. Ponteland has four pubs: The Seven Stars, The Blackbird, The Badger and The Diamond Inn. Ponteland Ponteland ( ) is a village in Northumberland, England, north of Newcastle upon Tyne. The name means ""island in the Pont"", after the River Pont which flows from west to"
"odours. Ponthir Ponthir () is a village and community at the south-west of the county borough of Torfaen on the boundary of the counties of Monmouthshire and Newport. It is approximately six miles from Newport city centre and 3½ miles from Cwmbran, lying between the settlements of Caerleon and Llanfrechfa. The Welsh language placename indicates the correct pronunciation; i.e. saying the 't' and 'h' separately. The name first appeared in print as ""Pontheere"" in 1605 and again as ""Pont hir"" in 1677. The name means 'long (""hir"") bridge (""pont"")' and refers to a previous bridge over the River Llwyd, the"
"Pontus (region) Pontus (; , ""Sea"") is a historical Greek designation for a region on the southern coast of the Black Sea, located in modern-day eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey. The name was applied to the coastal region and its mountainous hinterland (rising to the Pontic Alps in the east) in antiquity by the Greeks who colonized the area and derived from the Greek name of the Black Sea: Πόντος Εὔξεινος ""Pontos Euxeinos"" (""Hospitable Sea""), or simply ""Pontos"". Having originally no specific name, the region east of the river Halys was spoken of as the country Ἐν Πόντῳ ""En"
"Pontypool Pontypool ( ) is a town that is home to approximately 36,000 people in the county borough of Torfaen, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire in South Wales. It is situated on the Afon Lwyd river in the county borough of Torfaen. Situated on the eastern edge of the South Wales coalfields, Pontypool grew around industries including iron and steel production, coal mining and the growth of the railways. A rather artistic manufacturing industry which also flourished here alongside heavy industry was Japanning, a type of lacquer ware. Pontypool itself consists of several smaller districts, these include Abersychan, Cwmffrwdoer,"
"""pons"") meaning ""bridge"". Ernest Nègre agreed on the nature of the second element ""-pont"" but interpreted the first in a radically different way: it is possibly the local term ""asne"" meaning ""humpbacked"" - i.e. ""humpbacked bridge"". N.B.: There is a Germanic personal name ""Anna"" which is unrelated to the Hebrew personal name ""Hanna(h)"" (giving ""Anna"" then ""Anne""). This anthroponym is an hypocoristic Germanic anthroponym beginning with the element ""Arn-"". The final ""a"" rather indicates a Saxon origin. This hypothesis is supported by the existence of a number of place names in the region (notably in ""-ville"") so the first element"
"Pontivy Pontivy (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France. It lies at the confluence of the river Blavet and the Canal de Nantes à Brest. A monk called Ivy built a bridge nearby over the river Blavet in the 7th century, and the town is named after him (""""pont-Ivi"""" being the Breton for ""Ivy's bridge""). From November 9, 1804, the name was changed to Napoléonville after Napoléon Bonaparte, under whom it had around 3,000 inhabitants. After his downfall, it was renamed Pontivy again, then later Bourbonville, and Napoléonville again after Napoléon III came"
"Pontōi"", ""on the [Euxeinos] Pontos"", and hence it acquired the name of Pontus, which is first found in Xenophon's ""Anabasis"". The extent of the region varied through the ages but generally extended from the borders of Colchis (modern western Georgia) until well into Paphlagonia in the west, with varying amounts of hinterland. Several states and provinces bearing the name of Pontus or variants thereof were established in the region in the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods, culminating in the late Byzantine Empire of Trebizond. Pontus is sometimes considered as the home of the Amazons, with the name Amazon used not"
"at Moor Lane Carleton. It runs three senior sides as well as a number of junior and girls teams. Rugby Union has been played in the town since the 19th Century when Pontefract won the Yorkshire Cup. Pontefract Pontefract is a historic market town in West Yorkshire, England, near the A1 (or Great North Road) and the M62 motorway. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is one of the five towns in the metropolitan borough of the City of Wakefield and has a population of 28,250, increasing to 30,881 at the 2011 Census. Pontefract's motto is ""Post"
"the setting for his autobiographical novel ""Love in the Sun"". Pont Pill Pont Pill (, meaning ""creek of seal cove""), joins the River Fowey at Penleath Point just below the memorial to Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch at the north-east corner of Fowey harbour. Pont Pill is a tidal river and is only navigable at high water. Unspoiled by development, Pont Pill is popular with bird watchers, walkers, sailors and sport fishermen. The best way to see Pont Pill is by small boat at high water when it is possible to reach the bridge a mile-and-a-half upriver at Pont (Old , meaning"
"Pontlliw Pontlliw (Welsh spelling: ""Pont-lliw"") is a village in the community of Pontlliw and Tircoed, part of the City and County of Swansea in Wales. The village is located near Pontarddulais, off Junction 47 of the M4 motorway. The name of the village comes from the Welsh word for bridge (""pont"") and the name of the River Lliw which runs through the village. The Pontlliw and Tircoed community has an elected community council and has a population of 2,075. Pontlliw has a primary school, as well as a number of small businesses such as a newsagent, Post Office, a hair"
"Ponte, Campania Ponte is the name of a town and ""comune"" in the Province of Benevento, Campania Region, Italy. It is a member of the Titerno ""Local Action Group"" (""GAL"") and its name means ""bridge"" in Italian language. The municipality is located some km in north-west of Benevento and borders with Casalduni, Fragneto Monforte, Paupisi, San Lorenzo Maggiore, San Lupo and Torrecuso. It counts 7 little civil parishes (""frazioni""): Canale, Colli, Ferrarisi, Monte, Piana, Puglia and Staglio. Ponte has its origins in an ancient Roman stone bridge which was the passage of the Via Latina over the Alento river. The"
"Lazica. Pontus (region) Pontus (; , ""Sea"") is a historical Greek designation for a region on the southern coast of the Black Sea, located in modern-day eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey. The name was applied to the coastal region and its mountainous hinterland (rising to the Pontic Alps in the east) in antiquity by the Greeks who colonized the area and derived from the Greek name of the Black Sea: Πόντος Εὔξεινος ""Pontos Euxeinos"" (""Hospitable Sea""), or simply ""Pontos"". Having originally no specific name, the region east of the river Halys was spoken of as the country Ἐν Πόντῳ"
"Pontefract Castle Pontefract (or, Pomfret) Castle is a castle ruin in the town of Pontefract, in West Yorkshire, England. King Richard II is thought to have died there. It was the site of a series of famous sieges during the 17th-century English Civil War. The castle, on a rock to the east of the town above All Saints' Church, was constructed in approximately 1070 by Ilbert de Lacy. on land which had been granted to him by William the Conqueror as a reward for his support during the Norman Conquest. There is, however, evidence of earlier occupation of the site."
"Pontefract Priory Pontefract Priory was a Cluniac monastery dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, founded about 1090 by Robert de Lacy, 2nd Baron of Pontefract, and located in Yorkshire, England. It existed until the dissolution of the monasteries. The Church and buildings have been completely destroyed, but the site is still indicated by the name of Monk-hill. The Priory was a dependency of the Abbey of la Charité-sur-Loire, which supplied the first monks. The Cartulary of the priory survives and is a primary source for its history. Two charters of the founder are cited in a history by William Dugdale."
"Pontefract and Castleford, referred to locally as 'Cas Vegas'. It is reported that Pontefract once held the British record for the town with the most pubs per square mile: indeed, numerous pubs still survive in the town centre in particular, for example Beastfair Vaults, the Liquorice Bush, the Red Lion, the Malt Shovel and the Blackmoor Head. A Wetherspoon public house opened on Horsefair in 2010. Pontefract's deep, sandy soil makes it one of the few British places in which liquorice can successfully be grown. The town has a liquorice-sweet industry; and the famous Pontefract cakes are produced, though the"
"legend which was reinforced with the suspicion that Greek traders might have arrived to the Rias Baixas area in ancient times. However, historians and archaeologists tend to agree that the initial settlement was probably formed during the integration of Gallaecia (old Galicia) into the Roman Empire (circa 1st century BC)(Reference is required). The current name of the city is a Latin composite, derived from ""Pons/Pontis"" (bridge) and ""Veteris/Vetera"" (old), hence ""Ponte(m)Vetera(m)"", and thence Galician language ""Ponte-Vedra"", ""the old bridge"", in reference to the old Roman bridge across Lérez River. Well-connected since Roman times, Pontevedra consolidated itself as an intermediate town"
"lay between Llanelli and the coal mine at Cwmmawr. The fact that the line was built down the old canal route meant that it was prone to flooding. The station at Pontyates was closed in 1953. Despite it being no longer in use, the railway line still runs across the road today and can be walked across as part of the mining heritage trail. According to the BBC Wales programme 'What's in a name'. 'Pontyates' is said to have been named after an English family, Yates. 'Pont' translates as 'bridge' in English and the Welsh word 'Y' means 'of'. This"
"of ""Drôlerie des Ponts-de-Cé"" (Les Ponts-de-Cé's joke). In the past, Les Ponts-de-Cé had known many different names, which are : All these names contain the Celtic root ""sea"", which has the same meaning as in English. Indeed, the city has the characteristic of being spanned by many bridges which connect the various zones and roads of the city between them. This is also why the French meaning could be translated by ""Cé's bridges"". Les Ponts-de-Cé Les Ponts-de-Cé is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. Les Ponts-de-Cé is in the suburbs of Angers. In September 1432, during the"
"Ponthir Ponthir () is a village and community at the south-west of the county borough of Torfaen on the boundary of the counties of Monmouthshire and Newport. It is approximately six miles from Newport city centre and 3½ miles from Cwmbran, lying between the settlements of Caerleon and Llanfrechfa. The Welsh language placename indicates the correct pronunciation; i.e. saying the 't' and 'h' separately. The name first appeared in print as ""Pontheere"" in 1605 and again as ""Pont hir"" in 1677. The name means 'long (""hir"") bridge (""pont"")' and refers to a previous bridge over the River Llwyd, the present"