Pontic

This region, called the Pontic Steppe, included part of present-day Ukraine, a portion of southwestern Russia, and a piece of Kazakhstan.

The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

This region, called the Pontic Steppe, included part of present-day Ukraine, a portion of southwestern Russia, and a piece of Kazakhstan.

The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

The tree on the fruit of which they live is called the Pontic tree, and it is about the size of a fig - tree: this bears a fruit the size of

The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

The tree on the fruit of which they live is called the Pontic tree, and it is about the size of a fig-tree: this bears a fruit the size of a bean, containing a stone.

The history of Herodotus — Volume 1 480? BC-420? BC Herodotus 1883

For example, the gene that allows the human body to digest lactose appears to be a fairly recent development (possibly during the early Neolithic period) in the Pontic-Caspian steppes.

The Volokh Conspiracy » But Isn’t It a Bit Hard to Predict With a 7-Year-Old? 2010

During the Tertiary, the Pontic-Caspian basin included the modern Caspian and Black Seas, and was connected to the Mediterranean.

Caspian lowland desert 2008

When LF reached the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria he had Kipling's lines in his mind: "I've lost Britain and I've lost Gaul, and Pontic shores where the snowflakes fall."

A Time of Gifts Walter Jon Williams 2007

It really was snowing when LF first glimpsed those "Pontic Shores".

A Time of Gifts Walter Jon Williams 2007

Each of these three precincts was governed as an independent realm, its king also serving as high priest, and each lay within natural boundaries like Pontic cherries in a bowl.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

She appeared in a vision to Aristagoras in the night, Cras inquit tybicinem Lybicum cum tybicine pontico committam (tomorrow I will cause a contest between a Libyan and a Pontic minstrel), and the day following this enigma was understood; for with a great south wind which came from Libya, she quite overwhelmed Mithridates 'army.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007