Ponant

See also: ponant

French

Alternative forms

• ponant

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.

Further reading

• “Ponant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “Ponant” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.