Pont
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'''Pont''' (pronounced ''pohn''; [[French language|French]] for ''bridge''; also [[Welsh language|Welsh]] for ''bridge'' when prefixed to another word, the "t" not silent) is the name or part of the name of several places. It also means 'period' and 'exactly' in [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] (where the 't' is pronounced).
==France==
'''Pont''' is the name or part of the name of several [[Commune in France|communes]] of France:
* [[Pont, Côte-d'Or]], in the Côte-d'Or ''département''
* [[Pont-Bellanger]], in the Calvados ''département''
* [[Pont-d'Ouilly]], in the Calvados ''département''
* [[Pont-Farcy]], in the Calvados ''département''
* [[Pont-l'Évêque, Calvados]], in the Calvados ''département''
* [[Pont-l'Évêque, Oise]], in the Oise ''département''
==Switzerland==
*[[Du Pont, Switzerland]], a Swiss hamlet that is part of the commune of [[L'Abbaye]]
==United Kingdom==
* [[Pont, Cornwall]]
* [[Pont, County Durham]]
* the [[River Pont]] in [[Ponteland]], Northumberland
==Wales (Part of the UK)==
Some examples of towns in Wales that have derived from their use of a bridge:
* [[Pontarddulais]], [[Swansea]] Welsh for "Bridge over the (river) Dulais"
* [[Pontypridd]], [[Glamorgan]] Welsh for "Bridge by the earthen house"
==People==
* [[Charles E. Pont]], American artist
* [[John Pont]], American college football coach
* [[Mike Pont]], singer
* [[Timothy Pont]], Scottish mapmaker of the late 16th century
* See also [[Du Pont family]]
* [[(Gavin) Graham Laidler]], British cartoonist, 'Pont' of ''Punch'' magazine
==See also==
* [[DuPont]], the company
* [[Dupont]], other uses
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