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Definition of Pontes
1. pons [n] - See also: pons
Medical Definition of Pontes
1. Plural of pons. Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pontes
Literary usage of Pontes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Travels in the Interior of Brazil, Principally Through the Northern by George Gardner (1849)
"... of Working it—Arrives at the Arraial de Mendanha—Town described—Ascends the
Serra de Mendanha—Reaches Duas pontes—Arrives at the Cidade Diamantina, ..."
2. The Canadian Magazine of Politics, Science, Art, and Literature edited by J. Gordon Mowat, John Alexander Cooper, Newton MacTavish (1894)
"... would provide a simpler electoral system, and would add little to the voting
power of the present electorate. FORD VS. DE pontes, 30 BEAVEN, 572. ..."
3. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography by William Smith, Mahmoud Saba (1857)
"D'Anville concludes that pontes is Punches on the Authie, ... [GL] pontes, a
Roman station in the territory of the ..."
4. The History of Wallingford, in the County of Berks: From the Invasion of by John Kirby Hedges (1881)
"What more fitting name than pontes could such a spot bear ? ... In it the station
pontes is placed at Staines, whereby Mr. Alfred John Kempe, ..."
5. Brazilian biographical annual by Joaquim Manuel de Macedo (1876)
"The act of declaration ( pronunciamento ) was drawn up according to the instructions
received from Lisbon, aiid commencing to be read, Brant pontes, ..."
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