Pontian

Pontian may refer to:

Anglicized forms

Pontian can be a variant Anglicisation of the Template:Lang-la and its variants in other Romance languages (for example, the Template:Lang-es or the Template:Lang-it). Additionally, it can be used as variant English adjectival forms of the Template:Lang-el (/ˈpɒntəs/; "Pontos", "sea"; other English adjectival forms: "Pontic"); or the Template:Lang-la ("bridge"; other English adjectival forms: "Pontine").

People

• Pontianus of Spoleto, a second-century Christian martyr in Spoleto, Italy
• Sicinius Pontianus, second century AD, stepson of Apuleius (described in the Apologia of Apuleius), son of Aemilia Pudentilla, and older brother of Sicinius Pudens
• Pope Pontian, a third-century Catholic Pope
• Pontianus Africae, a sixth-century Christian bishop, from an unknown African diocese, who was a figure in the Three-Chapter Controversy
• Pontian Greeks, a group of ethnic Greeks traditionally from the Pontus and Pontic Mountains regions in northern Turkey

Places

• Pontian Islands, a group of islands on the coast of Italy
• Pontian District, a district in Johor, Malaysia
  • Can also be used to refer to two towns in this district: Pontian Besar and Pontian Kechil
• es:Basílica de San Ponciano (La Plata), a chapel in La Plata, Argentina

Geology

• Pontian, in stratigraphy the uppermost Miocene Paratethys stage, coeval with the Messinian

See also

• Ponciano (disambiguation)
• Pons (disambiguation)
• Pontianus (disambiguation)
• Pontic (disambiguation)
• Pontine (disambiguation)