Ponte

See also: ponte, pónte, and ponté

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese, Galician and Italian Ponte.

Proper noun

Ponte (plural Pontes)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ponte is the 10894^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2924 individuals. Ponte is most common among White (76.92%) and Hispanic/Latin (18.6%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ponte”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• netop

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as De Ponte in 1838-1857. Derived from pont (“ferry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔnt/
• Hyphenation: Pon‧te
• Rhymes: -ɔnt

Proper noun

Ponte n

1. A hamlet in Sluis, Zeeland, Netherlands.

Derived terms

• Ponte Avancé

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “ponte”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Italian

Etymology

From ponte (“bridge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpon.te/
• Rhymes: -onte
• Hyphenation: Pón‧te

Proper noun

Ponte m or f by sense

1. a surname

Anagrams

• pento

Latin

Proper noun

Ponte

1. vocative singular of Pontus