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Bridge in Florence, Italy
The Ponte Vecchio (Italian pronunciation: [ˈponte ˈvɛkkjo]; "Old Bridge") is a medieval stone closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge over the Arno, in
Ponte_Vecchio
Covered wooden bridge by Andrea Palladio
The Ponte Vecchio (Old bridge) or Ponte degli Alpini (bridge of the Alpini, who rebuilt it in 1948) is the covered wooden bridge designed by the architect
Ponte_Vecchio,_Bassano
Bridge in Florence, Italy
(105 ft) in length. The two neighbouring bridges are the Ponte Vecchio, to the east, and the Ponte alla Carraia to the west. The bridge was constructed by
Ponte_Santa_Trinita
Intel GPU architecture
and 8 matrix engines, alongside a large 512 KB L1 cache. It powers Ponte Vecchio. Xe-HPG is the enthusiast or high performance graphics variant of the
Intel_Xe
16th-century elevated enclosed passageway in Florence, Italy
Palazzo Vecchio and the Uffizi The Corridor between the Uffizi and the Ponte Vecchio The Corridors's crossing of the Ponte Vecchio The Ponte Vecchio as seen
Vasari_Corridor
Topics referred to by the same term
The Ponte Vecchio (Italian: "Old Bridge") is a medieval bridge over the Arno River, in Florence, Italy. Ponte Vecchio may also refer to: Ponte Vecchio, Bassano
Ponte Vecchio (disambiguation)
Ponte_Vecchio_(disambiguation)
Italian river in Tuscany
Florence The Arno in Pisa, near the Ponte della Fortezza (Fortress Bridge) Banks of the Arno, seen from the Ponte Vecchio (Old Bridge), Florence Mouth of
Arno
Largest city in Tuscany, Italy
gallery, built connecting the Palazzo Vecchio with the Pitti Palace passing by the Uffizi and over the Ponte Vecchio. The Galleria dell'Accademia houses
Florence
Comune in Veneto, Italy
bombed by USAF B-24s and B-17s. The symbol of the town is the covered Ponte Vecchio, which was designed by the architect Andrea Palladio in 1569. The wooden
Bassano_del_Grappa
Bridge in Ivrea, Italy
The Ponte Vecchio is a stone and brick arch bridge over the Dora Baltea in Ivrea, Italy. Archaeological studies have shown that a bridge existed in this
Ponte_Vecchio,_Ivrea
Bridge in Venice, Italy
Relic of the Cross at the Ponte di Rialto (depiction of wooden bridge) List of buildings and structures in Venice Ponte Vecchio Krämerbrücke Pulteney Bridge
Rialto_Bridge
was probably constructed here, about ten metres away from the current Ponte Vecchio, but closer to the ford itself. The Etruscans, however, preferred not
History_of_Florence
List of bridges, found primarily in Europe
– Blera, Lazio Ponte del Diavolo (officially Ponte Vecchio, also Ponte Gobbo [it]) – Bobbio, Emilia Romagna Ponte del Diavolo or Ponte della Maddalena
Devil's_Bridge
Renaissance palace and museum in Florence, Italy
situated on the south side of the River Arno, a short distance from the Ponte Vecchio. The core of the present palazzo dates from 1458 and was originally
Palazzo_Pitti
Bridge in Pavia, Italy
The Ponte Coperto ("Covered Bridge") or the Ponte Vecchio ("Old Bridge") is a stone and brick arch bridge over the river Ticino in Pavia, Italy. The previous
Ponte_Coperto
Square in Florence, Italy
Loggia del Mercato Nuovo near Ponte Vecchio in the 16th century led to the renaming of the market here to the Mercato Vecchio. The actual marketplace here
Piazza della Repubblica, Florence
Piazza_della_Repubblica,_Florence
Church building in Florence, Italy
Ponte is a Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic church, located in the Piazza of the same name, just off the Via Por Santa Maria, near the Ponte Vecchio,
Santo_Stefano_al_Ponte
Oldest bridge in Cesena
The Ponte Vecchio (Old Bridge) also known as the Ponte Clemente, is the oldest bridge in Cesena and a symbol of the city. The bridge spans the River Savio
Ponte_Vecchio,_Cesena
Bridge with arch-shaped supports
Constructions such as the acclaimed Florentine segmental-arch bridge Ponte Vecchio (1345) combined sound engineering (a span-to-rise ratio of over 5.3:1)
Arch_bridge
Bridge over the River Avon in Bath, England
envisaged an elegant structure lined with shops, similar to the Ponte Vecchio and the Ponte di Rialto he would likely have seen when he visited Florence
Pulteney_Bridge
Town hall of Florence, Italy
above-ground walkway, the Vasari corridor, from the Palazzo Vecchio, through the Uffizi, over the Ponte Vecchio to the Palazzo Pitti. Cosimo I also moved the seat
Palazzo_Vecchio
Loud sound reported to come from the sky
Science, Issue 60, pp. 800. Eraldo Baldini, "Tenebrosa Romagna", Il Ponte Vecchio, 2014, p. 21. William R. Corliss, Earthquakes, Tides, Unidentified Sounds
Skyquake
Bridge in Florence, Italy
Ponte alle Grazie is a bridge, reconstructed after 1945, over the Arno River in Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy. The original bridge was called Ponte
Ponte_alle_Grazie
2001 film by Ridley Scott
such as the Palazzo Capponi (as Dr. Fell's workplace), the Ponte Vecchio, the Palazzo Vecchio, the Pharmacy of Santa Maria Novella and the Cathedral. After
Hannibal_(2001_film)
Intel microprocessor, released in 2023
30, 2021. Russell, John (November 17, 2019). "Intel Debuts New GPU – Ponte Vecchio – and Outlines Aspirations for oneAPI". HPC Wire. Archived from the
Sapphire_Rapids
1883 painting by Henry Holiday
on the north side of the River Arno between the Ponte Vecchio (seen in the background) and the Ponte Santa Trinita, was paved with bricks and that there
Dante_and_Beatrice_(painting)
Building in Cesena, Italy
Malatestiana di Cesena. Memoria del mondo. Cesena: Società editrice Il Ponte Vecchio. ISBN 978-88-6541-604-4. Errani, Paola; Mengozzi, Marino (2018). Malatesta
Malatestiana_Library
Computing with supercomputers and clusters
this Intel-powered system delivers 1.012 exaFLOPS, leveraging Xeon and Ponte Vecchio architectures. It is installed at Argonne National Laboratory, USA.
High-performance_computing
City in Lombardy, Italy
Gloriosa San Giuseppe al Caleotto Palazzo delle Paure Ponte Azzone Visconti (commonly known as Ponte Vecchio) Villa Manzoni Memoriale ai Caduti Statua del Manzoni
Lecco
2016 American action mystery film directed by Ron Howard
were filmed by Wade Eastwood at an apartment building close to the Ponte Vecchio, in Florence. Low-flying aerial shots of Florence landmarks, its river
Inferno_(2016_film)
Soprano aria from the opera Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini
l'anello! Sì, sì, ci voglio andare! E se l'amassi indarno, andrei sul Ponte Vecchio, ma per buttarmi in Arno! Mi struggo e mi tormento! O Dio, vorrei morir
O_mio_babbino_caro
Structure built to span physical obstacles
Durance river, and the Old London Bridge. Surviving examples include the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, the Old Exe Bridge, and the Monnow Bridge in Wales. In
Bridge
German diplomat
artworks from being spirited off to Germany. He also prevented the Ponte Vecchio from being destroyed. In 1955, Wolf was made an honorary citizen of
Gerhard_Wolf
Roman city
footbridge or a ferryboat, at the point where the Arno narrows, around Ponte Vecchio. This may have been to ensure military control of such a strategic point
Florentia_(Roman_city)
Ancient Italian city
early in the 8th century. The picturesque covered bridge, the Ponte Coperto or Ponte Vecchio, which joins Pavia to the suburb on the right bank of the river
Ticinum
Bridge category
known as inhabited bridges. One of the most renowned examples is the Ponte Vecchio on the Arno River in Florence, Italy. Originally constructed from wood
Masonry_bridge
2009 video game
Santa Maria del Fiore, the Sistine Chapel, Santa Croce, Palazzo Vecchio, Ponte Vecchio, and Santa Maria Novella. After the events of the first game, Desmond
Assassin's_Creed_II
American baseball player, manager, and executive (born 1940)
Winter Olympics in Turin, running it 405 meters, and ending up at the Ponte Vecchio. As of April 2020[update], Torre and his wife live in Harrison, New
Joe_Torre
the Ponte Vecchio were demolished by Germans in 1944 and rebuilt identically after the war. Damaged by Allied bombing in September 1944, the Ponte Coperto
List_of_bridges_in_Italy
Architectural concept
characters in built forms can be found in pre-industrial built forms such as Ponte Vecchio in Florence, Italy. This multi-level bridge, built in 1345, has numerous
Megastructure (planning concept)
Megastructure_(planning_concept)
Argentine footballer
on 13 June. Vecchio made his debut for Peixe on 16 July 2016, coming on as a late substitute for Gabriel in a 3–1 home win against Ponte Preta. After
Emiliano_Vecchio
September 1944, when the Germans bombed every bridge in Florence (except Ponte Vecchio) in the Operazione Feurzauber, the museums were not attacked. Today
Museums_of_Florence
Toy musical instrument
raccolta dei canti e della musica popolare della valle del Bidente. Il Ponte Vecchio. ISBN 978-88-8312-087-9. Retrieved 12 July 2013. Lombardi, Fabio (1989)
Kazoo
e strumenti popolari della Romagna Bidentina, Società Editrice "Il Ponte Vecchio", Cesena Guizzi, Febo, 2002, Gli strumenti della musica popolare in
Fabio_Lombardi
Wooden bridge with protective cover
the Czech Republic, the Lovech Covered Bridge in Bulgaria, and the Ponte Vecchio in Italy. In addition to being practical, covered bridges were popular
Covered_bridge
14th-century historical record of Florence, Italy; written by Giovanni Villani
Plague. On June 23, 1331, a fire broke out toward the left bank of the Ponte Vecchio bridge, destroying all twenty shops located on the bridge. Villani notes
Nuova_Cronica
Historic building in Florence, Italy
discovered in Rome was originally placed at the southern end of the Ponte Vecchio. It is an ancient Roman sculpture from the Flavian era, copied from
Loggia_dei_Lanzi
Square in Florence, Italy
walkways and the bridges crossing the Arno, including the Ponte Vecchio, the Duomo, Palazzo Vecchio, the Bargello and the octagonal bell tower of the Badia
Piazzale_Michelangelo
River Dates Note Ponte Vecchio, Florence Florence 43°46′05″N 11°15′11″E / 43.76799°N 11.25316°E / 43.76799; 11.25316 (Ponte Vecchio) Crosses Arno River
List of bridges with buildings
List_of_bridges_with_buildings
Italian noble family
Florence, the Lungarno degli Acciaioli borders the Arno from the Ponte Vecchio to the Ponte Santa Trinita. Simone di Zanobi Acciaioli migrated before 1512
Acciaioli_family
Italian comune
Imola, Cesena, Il Ponte Vecchio, 2010. Gabriele Albonetti, History of Faenza. From Prehistory to the Year 2000, Cesena, Il Ponte Vecchio, 2018. ISBN 978-88-6541-786-7
Faenza
Fortified bridge in Verona, Italy
The Castel Vecchio Bridge (Italian: Ponte di Castel Vecchio) or Scaliger Bridge (Italian: Ponte Scaligero) is a fortified bridge in Verona, northern Italy
Castelvecchio_Bridge
The Ponte Vecchio, which was brand new in Boccaccio's time, in Florence. The city is the setting of many stories of the Decameron.
Summary_of_Decameron_tales
Romance language spoken in Romagna (Italy) and San Marino
introduttivo, trascrizioni e traduzioni di Cristina Ghirardini. Cesena: Il Ponte Vecchio. ISBN 9788865410561. Dialetti Romagnol Online (Romagnol material)
Romagnol
Italian painter (1475–1539)
Francesco da Ponte the Elder (Italian: Francesco da Ponte il Vecchio; c. 1475 – 1539), or Francesco Bassano the Elder (Francesco Bassano il Vecchio), was an
Francesco_da_Ponte
Italian painter, architect, writer, and historian (1511–1574)
arcade, crosses the Ponte Vecchio, and winds around the exterior of several buildings. It was once the location of the Mercado de Vecchio. He renovated the
Giorgio_Vasari
Metropolitan city in Tuscany, Italy
the Loggia del Bigallo and Museo dell'Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore, Ponte Vecchio along with many others. Sights in Barberino di Mugello include Cattani
Metropolitan_City_of_Florence
Group of marble sculptures
Filippo Baldinucci. It was set up in a niche on the south end of the Ponte Vecchio. Paolo Alessandro Maffei's engraving of 1704 shows that the "Ajax" figure
Pasquino_Group
Padlock attached to a public fixture, symbolic of love
lighthouses. In Florence, Italy, 5,500 love padlocks affixed to the Ponte Vecchio bridge were removed by the city council. According to the council the
Love_lock
Italian Mannerist painter (1503–1572)
detected in the Capponi Chapel in the church of Santa Felicita by the Ponte Vecchio in Florence. Pontormo designed the interior and executed the altarpiece
Bronzino
Italian publisher and conservative columnist (born 1992)
Palestinians in Gaza. Giovinezza. Partitura per mandolino e canto, Il Ponte Vecchio, 2007. Bastola. La signora del fuoco, ARPAnet, 2008. Chi è Charlie?
Francesco_Giubilei
of Sighs Strait of Messina Bridge Bassano bridge Ponte Vecchio, Florence Ponte Vecchio, Cesena Ponte Punta Penna Pizzone, Taranto Adolphe Bridge Grand
List_of_bridges
Italian luxury lifestyle brand
Florence State Archive, and in 2014 it donated new lighting for the Ponte Vecchio. Stefano Ricci S.p.A. and the Antico Setificio Fiorentino S.r.l have
Stefano_Ricci
Open standard for parallel computing
HPCwire. 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2020-02-11. "Intel Debuts New GPU – Ponte Vecchio – and Outlines Aspirations for oneAPI". HPCwire. 2019-11-18. Retrieved
OneAPI_(compute_acceleration)
Palace in Florence, Italy
Landmarks Fountain of Neptune Giotto's Campanile Monument to Dante Ponte Vecchio Railway stations Theatres Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Teatro
Palazzo_Strozzi
Noble family from Tuscany, Italy
Ireland. pp. 263–264. Alvaro Spagnesi, Sergio Pacciani, Santo Stefano al Ponte Vecchio, Edizioni della Meridiana, Firenze 1999. Si veda il saggio di Daniela
Gherardini_family
Italian municipal police
(Amsterdam University Press, 2019). "Two female police officers on the Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe Stock Photo - Alamy". "Two male Florence
Municipal_police_(Italy)
Statue of Dante Alighieri in Florence, Italy
Landmarks Fountain of Neptune Giotto's Campanile Monument to Dante Ponte Vecchio Railway stations Theatres Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Teatro
Monument_to_Dante
Comune in Lombardy, Italy
Pavia, le incursioni aeree del settembre 1944 e la distruzione del Ponte Vecchio di Pavia". Gruppo Ricercatori Aerei Caduti Piacenza. Retrieved 21 August
Pavia
'Bardi to the Ponte alle Grazie. From the Lungarno, there's an extraordinary view of the Uffizi, the Vasari Corridor and Ponte Vecchio. The Lungarno takes
Lungarno_Torrigiani
Season of television series
Piazza della Signoria & Trattoria Ponte Vecchio or Osteria Belle Donne, Il Latini, Vivoli Gelato & Trattoria Ponte Vecchio) Florence (Piazza Ognissanti) Episode
The_Amazing_Race_34
Italian civil engineer
radice have been used extensively in the restoration of monuments, e.g. Ponte Vecchio in Florence in 1966 and the stabilization of the Leaning Tower of Burano
Fernando_Lizzi
Comune in Emilia-Romagna, Italy
characteristics of the medieval village. One town landmark, the Ponte Vecchio, called Ponte Gobbo (Hunchback Bridge), also known as the Devil's Bridge, is
Bobbio
Movement in architecture
book The Architecture of the City. In 1976 Reyner Banham presented the Ponte Vecchio in Florence as one of the historic prototypes in his book Megastructure
Structuralism_(architecture)
Comune in Lombardy, Italy
Country Italy Region Lombardy Metropolitan city Milan (MI) Frazioni Ponte Vecchio, Ponte Nuovo Government • Mayor Luca Del Gobbo, since 26-Jun-2022 (Center-right
Magenta,_Lombardy
City-state on the Italian Peninsula (1115–1569)
the new market-place, from Vacchereccia to Porta Santa Maria and the Ponte Vecchio, all was one broad sheet of fire: more than nineteen hundred houses
Republic_of_Florence
Italian goldsmith and sculptor (1500–1571)
Benvenuto Cellini Bust of Benvenuto Cellini on the Ponte Vecchio, Florence Born (1500-11-03)3 November 1500 Florence, Republic of Florence Died 13 February
Benvenuto_Cellini
Electronic assembly containing multiple integrated circuits that behaves as a unit
MCMs with one GCD and up to six memory cache die (MCD) chips. Intel Xe Ponte Vecchio GPUs Intel Meteor Lake CPUs Intel Arrow Lake CPUs Any other processor
Multi-chip_module
Bridge designed solely for pedestrians
following the north bank of the River Arno until it crosses the river at Ponte Vecchio. It was built in five months by order of Duke Cosimo I de' Medici in
Footbridge
City in Somerset, England
river, but also a shopping arcade. Along with the Rialto Bridge and the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, which it resembles, it is one of the very few surviving
Bath,_Somerset
1861 novel by Ellen Wood
la porta. Mary Poppins e Pamela Lyndon Travers". Società Editrice Il Ponte Vecchio. Cesena 1997 (ristampa 2002) 179–182 Hughes, Winifred. The Maniac in
East_Lynne
Countess of Bobbio and Voghera
by Leonardo da Vinci is identified as Bianca Giovanna Sforza. Ponte Gobbo or Ponte Vecchio, Bobbio (Piacenza) The full Mona Lisa painting (Italian: La Gioconda
Bianca_Giovanna_Sforza
Tower in Florence, Italy
Torre dei Mannelli is a small tower on the southeast corner of the Ponte Vecchio bridge in Florence, Italy. It is the only survivor of the four towers
Torre_dei_Mannelli
1946 film by Roberto Rossellini
and the Germans and their fascist allies. All the bridges except the Ponte Vecchio have been blown up, stalling the Allied advance. American nurse Harriet
Paisan
Italian jewellery designer
and moved the showroom to Piazza Santo Stefano, next to Florence's Ponte Vecchio. After the Second World War, her father grew the business internationally
Carolina_Bucci
Islet on the East River in New York City
extended across the island from Manhattan to Queens, connected by a Ponte Vecchio-like bridge covered in shops. "Belmont Center", modeled on Rockefeller
U_Thant_Island
German military officer (1885–1960)
Florence, Siena and Orvieto. In some cases, historic bridges—such as the Ponte Vecchio—were booby trapped rather than blown up. However, other historic Florentine
Albert_Kesselring
Part of the Italian city of Florence
Palazzo Vecchio and the Uffizi Gallery nearby, near which are the Bargello Museum and the Basilica of the Holy Cross. Crossing the Ponte Vecchio we arrive
Historic_Centre_of_Florence
American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
Admiral's Voyage Petitioner Edge Ch. 1978 Damascus* Sword Dancer Kerala Ponte Vecchio Round Table Terentia Dam Mien B. 1999 Nureyev B. 1977 Northern Dancer*
Big_Brown_(horse)
Advanced packaging technique
FPGAs. High-performance computing (HPC) and AI Accelerators: Intel's Ponte Vecchio, a high-performance GPU for supercomputers, uses Co-EMIB, a combination
2.5D_integrated_circuit
others Certosa del Galluzzo from 1342 Jacopo Passavanti and others Ponte Vecchio 1345 Neri di Fioravante ? Palazzo Castellani first half of 14th century
List of buildings and structures in Florence
List_of_buildings_and_structures_in_Florence
stronghold was on via Por San Maria, which connected the Ponte Vecchio to the Mercato Nuovo and Mercato Vecchio. The remains of their tower, Torre degli Amidei
Amidei
Town and comune of the Metropolitan City of Turin, Italy
located west of the city centre. It could hold 10,000 spectators. The Ponte Vecchio (Old Bridge) dates back to AD 100 and leads over to Borghetto. Originally
Ivrea
by forces of Ostrogoth Totila. 1078 – City walls built. 1080 – Stone Ponte Vecchio (bridge) built. 1107 – Monte Orlandi and Prato become part of Florence
Timeline_of_Florence
2019 film
Igor's grandiose plan to construct a luxurious villa akin to Florence's Ponte Vecchio on the Schwedenbrücke, Nadja endeavors to dissuade him. Meanwhile, Nadja's
Caviar_(film)
Church in Florence, Italy
It became more accessible with construction of the Holy Trinity bridge (Ponte Santa Trinita) in 1252. The Augustinians started the church and the convent
Santo_Spirito,_Florence
Emilia-Romagna legendary creature
dialectal heritage of Romagna, published by the Publishing Company Il Ponte Vecchio in January 2010 Calvetti 1999. Guerrini 1880, pp. 17–18. Green 1999
Borda_(legendary_creature)
Venetian architect (1508–1580)
Accademia Olimpica, Vicenza 1566: Rialto Bridge (Ponte di Rialto), Venice (unbuilt project) 1567; 1569: Ponte Vecchio, Bassano del Grappa, Province of Vicenza
Andrea_Palladio
A gelato stall on Ponte Vecchio, Florence
List of ice cream varieties by country
List_of_ice_cream_varieties_by_country
Reconstructed medieval tower
Palace al Ponte Vecchio, located on Via Guicciardini, corner Borgo San Jacopo, in the Oltrarno district near the entrance to the Ponte Vecchio in Florence
Torre_dei_Rossi-Cerchi
PONTE VECCHIO
PONTE VECCHIO
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : from the medieval personal name Ponc(h)e, Pons (see Ponce).English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Ponts in La Manche and Seine-Maritime, Normandy, from Latin pontes ‘bridges’ (see Pont).English (of Norman origin) : nickname for a fop or dandy, from points ‘laces for hose’ (see Pointer 1).
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Christian, English, French, Gujarati, Indian, Italian, Latin, Spanish
From the Wealthy Man's Mountain; Mountain; Abbreviation of Montague and Montgomery
Surname or Lastname
English and Dutch
English and Dutch : from the medieval personal name Benedict (Latin Benedictus meaning ‘blessed’). This owed its popularity in the Middle Ages chiefly to St. Benedict of Norcia (c.480–550), who founded the Benedictine order of monks at Monte Cassino and wrote a monastic rule that formed a model for all subsequent rules. No doubt the meaning of the Latin word also contributed to its popularity as a personal name, especially in Romance countries.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Port.French : from Old French porte ‘gateway’, ‘entrance’ (from Latin porta), hence a topographic name for someone who lived near the gates of a fortified town (typically, the man in charge of them).Jewish (Sephardic) : variant of Porta.
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon and Cornwall)
English (Devon and Cornwall) : unexplained.Possibly an altered spelling of German Pothe, a variant of Poth.
Boy/Male
English American Latin
Contemporary phonetic'enduring.
Surname or Lastname
Italian
Italian : from the title of rank conte ‘count’ (from Latin comes, genitive comitis ‘companion’). Probably in this sense (and the Late Latin sense of ‘traveling companion’), it was a medieval personal name; as a title it was no doubt applied ironically as a nickname for someone with airs and graces or simply for someone who worked in the service of a count.English : variant of Count, cognate with 1.French : nickname for someone in the service of a count or for someone who behaved pretentiously, from Old French conte, cunte ‘count’ (of the same derivation as 1).French (Conté) : variant of Comté (see Comte).
Female
French
Variant spelling of French Blancheflour, BLANCHEFLEUR means "white flower." In Arthurian legend, this was the name of the sweetheart of Perceval in Chrétian de Troyes' Perceval, le Conte du Graal.
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, French, and Catalan
English, Scottish, French, and Catalan : topographic name for
someone who lived near a bridge, Middle English, Old French, Catalan
pont (Latin pons, genitive pontis).Catalan : habitational name from any of the numerous places named
with Pont.Dutch : variant of
Pond 2.A Pont from the Lorraine region of France is documented in Quebec City in
1640; Pont appears to be a secondary surname to
Boy/Male
Italian Spanish American English French
Mountain. Abbreviation of Montague and Montgomery.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from any of various places, for example in Aisne and Calvados, so called from Old French pierre ‘stone’ + pont ‘bridge’.All the New England Pierpont lines seem to be descended from James and his sons John and Robert, who came to America about 1640. James also may have had a brother Robert who was part of that group. The southern Pierpo(i)nt family are descended from Henry, who came to the VA–MD region in 1635.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : from Middle High German bunt, a term which originally described black and white coloration, specifically of a fur. Later, by extension, it came to denote the fur itself. It was probably applied as a nickname, but in which sense is no longer clear, and the matter is further complicated by the fact that in some areas bunt meant ‘multicolored’ (its modern meaning is ‘colorful’).English : probably a metonymic occupational name for a maker of sieves, from Middle English bonte, bunte.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, English
To Endure; Contemporary Phonetic Variant of Dante; Enduring
Surname or Lastname
English (Norfolk)
English (Norfolk) : occupational name from Middle English pointer ‘point maker’, an agent derivative of point, a term denoting a lace or cord used to fasten together doublet and hose (Old French pointe ‘point’, ‘sharp end’). Reaney suggests that in some cases Pointer may have been an occupational name for a tiler or slater whose job was to point the tiles, i.e. render them with mortar where they overlapped.Possibly an altered form of German Pointner, a variant of Bainter.
Surname or Lastname
Portuguese, Galician, Italian, and Jewish (Sephardic)
Portuguese, Galician, Italian, and Jewish (Sephardic) : habitational name from any of the many places in Portugal, Galicia, and Italy named or named with Ponte, from ponte ‘bridge’.English : variant spelling of Pont.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from any of the numerous places in France so called from the dedication of their churches to St. George (see George).French : secondary surname to the primary surnames De la Porte, Godfroy, Lapointe, and Laporte.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English port ‘gateway’, ‘entrance’ (Old French porte, from Latin porta), hence a topographic name for someone who lived near the gates of a fortified town or city, typically, the man in charge of them. Compare Porter 1.English : topographic name for someone who lived near a harbor or in a market town, from the homonymous Middle English port (Old English port ‘harbor’, ‘market town’, from Latin portus ‘harbor’, ‘haven’, reinforced in Middle English by Old French port, from the same source).German : topographic name for someone who lived near a (city) gate, from Middle Low German porte (modern German Pforte) (see sense 1).Jewish (from Lithuania and Belarus) : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a short form of Andrew.English (Norman) : from the Germanic personal name Drogo, which is of uncertain origin; it is possibly akin to Old Saxon (gi)drog ‘ghost’, ‘phantom’, or with a stem meaning ‘to bear’, ‘to carry’ (Old High German tragan). Whatever its origin, the name was borne by one of the sons of Charlemagne, and was subsequently popular throughout France in the forms Dreus, Drues (oblique case Dreu, Dr(i)u), whence it was introduced to England by the Normans. Drogo de Monte Acuto (as his name appears in its Latinized form) was a companion of William the Conqueror and founder of the Montagu family, among whom the personal name Drogo was revived in the 19th century.English (of Norman origin) : nickname from Middle English dreue, dru, Old French dru, ‘favorite’, ‘lover’ (originally an adjective, apparently from a Gaulish word meaning ‘strong’, ‘vigorous’, ‘lively’, but influenced by the sense of the Old High German element trūt, drūt ‘dear’, ‘beloved’).English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from any of various places in France called Dreux, from the Gaulish tribal name Durocasses.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name, with the preposition de, from any of the numerous places in France named from Old French rieux ‘streams’.Irish : when not an adoption of the English surname, a reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Druaidh or Ó Druaidh or Ó Draoi ‘son’ and ‘descendant of the druid’, from draoi ‘druid’, genitive druadh or draoi.
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Monty, MONTE means "pointed mountain."
Boy/Male
Spanish
Born fifth.
PONTE VECCHIO
PONTE VECCHIO
Girl/Female
Tamil
A flower
Boy/Male
Tamil
Eye
Boy/Male
Australian, Chinese, Portuguese
Grand Father
Boy/Male
Indian
Type of Drink
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Rajput
Brave Man
Male
English
Pet form of English Charles, CHUCK means "man."
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil
The Moon
Girl/Female
Latin
A Siren.
Boy/Male
American, British, English
Dove
Boy/Male
Muslim
Attached, Intent
PONTE VECCHIO
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PONTE VECCHIO
n.
The Ottoman court; the government of the Turkish empire, officially called the Sublime Porte, from the gate (port) of the sultan's palace at which justice was administered.
n.
A favorite gambling game among Spaniards, played with dice or cards.
n.
A kind of johnnycake.
n.
An acid elevator, as a tube through which acid is forced to some height in a sulphuric acid manufactory.
n.
A work thrown up at the end of a bridge nearest the enemy, for covering the communications across a river; a bridgehead.
n.
A kind of bread. See Pone.
n.
A member of the scapolite, group, occuring in glassy crystals on Monte Somma, near Naples.
n.
A wire basket on the end of a rod to carry glass bottles, etc., to the annealing furnace; also, an iron rod to be thrust into the mouths of bottles, and used for the same purpose; -- called also pontee and punty.
n.
A large doorway allowing vehicles to drive into or through a building. It is common to have the entrance door open upon the passage of the porte-cochere. Also, a porch over a driveway before an entrance door.
pl.
of Tete-de-pont
n.
A fortification commanding the extremity of a bridge nearest the enemy, to insure the preservation and usefulness of the bridge, and prevent the enemy from crossing; a tete-de-pont.
n.
An iron rod used by glass makers for manipulating the hot glass; -- called also, puntil, puntel, punty, and ponty. See Fascet.
n.
Same as Pontee.
pl.
of Pons
n.
See Pontee.
n.
See Pontee.
n.
See Pontee.