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Pontiac

Pontiac proper noun: a municipality in western Quebec, Canada.

pontiac: a municipality in western Quebec, Canada
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Proper noun

Pontiac

  1. A municipality in western Quebec, Canada.
  2. A regional county municipality in Quebec, not to be confused with the municipality above.
  3. A city, the county seat of Livingston County, Illinois, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Clay County, Indiana, United States.
  5. An unincorporated community in Butler County, Kansas, United States.
  6. A city, the county seat of Oakland County, Michigan, United States.
  7. A historical village in Rhode Island, United States, located in both Warwick, Kent County, and Cranston, Providence County.
  8. A former brand of car by GM (1926–2010).
    • Pontiac was still offering a 455 V-8 as late as 1976.

Noun

Pontiac (plural Pontiacs)

  1. A car of this make.
    • She pulled up in a big old Pontiac with a lumpy idle.

Forms of Pontiac

pluralPontiacs

Origin of Pontiac

Most places are named after Pontiac, a war chief, whose name is a borrowing of Ottawa Bwandiag.

Words formed from Pontiac

Questions about Pontiac

What does Pontiac mean?
Pontiac means a municipality in western Quebec, Canada.
What part of speech is Pontiac?
Pontiac can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Pontiac in the dictionary

  1. pontes asinorum
  2. Pontesbury
  3. Pontevedra
  4. Pontfadog
  5. Ponthir
  6. Pontiac
  7. Pontiac fever
  8. Pontiacs
  9. Pontian
  10. pontianac
  11. pontianacs

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