English
Etymology
From Italian ponente, representing Latin ponent-, ponens, present participle of ponere �to place�.

Pronunciation
IPA: /'p��n�nt/

Noun
ponent

1. the west; the area of the setting sun

Adjective
ponent

1. pertaining to the west, westerly

#:*1974: There was an ambiguity surpassing conjecture in her eyes, and the wind rose up around us in that half barbaric Russian garden with its alien Diana blackened by snows and fierce ponent winds � Guy Davenport, Tatlin!

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