Punt

See also: punt and pùnt

English

Etymology

From Egyptian



(pwnt).

Proper noun

Punt

  1. (historical) A former kingdom in the Afar Triangle, Horn of Africa, Africa, in what is now Ethiopia. A country contemporaneous with the Old Kingdom of Egypt, where frankincense, gold, ebony, ivory is found.

Translations

Translations

See also

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German punt, from Old Saxon pund, from Proto-West Germanic *pund.

Noun

Punt n (plural Pund)

  1. pound
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