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Pontile di Camaiore
Pontile di Camaiore (Pontile Bellavista Vittoria), pier at Lido di Camaiore, Tuscany; about 300 m long, 4 m wide, designed by Massimo Nencini, with a bar and panoramic terrace at its seaward end.
Pontile di Tofano
Pontile di Tofano, map-database name for a pitch beside the Pontile di Tonfano pier at Tonfano, Marina di Pietrasanta, Tuscany; 380 m pier (214 m over sea), inaugurated 14 June 2008, cost 4.7 million euros.
Pontine autosomal dominant microangiopathy with leukoencephalopathy
PADMAL (pontine autosomal dominant microangiopathy with leukoencephalopathy), also called autosomal dominant pontine microangiopathy, is a rare COL4A1 3'UTR cerebral small vessel disease causing recurrent pontine ischemic strokes and dementia from the thirties or forties, distinct from CADASIL.
Pontine hemorrhage
A pontine hemorrhage is bleeding into the pons of the brainstem, usually from small basilar artery branches damaged by chronic hypertension, and is the most fatal subtype of intracerebral hemorrhage.
Pontine tegmental cap dysplasia
Pontine tegmental cap dysplasia (PTCD) is a rare sporadic hindbrain malformation with a flattened ventral pons, a tegmental cap protruding into the fourth ventricle, sensorineural deafness, cranial nerve deficits, and developmental delay; first named by Barth et al. in 2007.
Pontius Pilate
Pontius Pilate (Pontius Pilatus), fifth Roman prefect of Judaea 26-36/37 CE under Tiberius, ordered Jesus's crucifixion; attested by Philo, Josephus, Tacitus, the Gospels, and the 1961 Caesarea Pilate Stone.
Pontius Pilate's wife
Pontius Pilate's wife, unnamed in Matthew 27:19, warns Pilate in a dream during Jesus' trial; tradition names her Procula or Claudia Procula and venerates her as a saint in Eastern Orthodox and Ethiopian churches.
Pontocerebellar hypoplasia
Pontocerebellar hypoplasia (PCH), also called pontoneocerebellar hypoplasia, is a group of rare autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorders with prenatal onset affecting the pons and cerebellum; 17 types and 25 genes are recognized, first described in 1912.
Pontoon bridge
A pontoon bridge is a bridge carried on floating vessels or pontoons rather than piers, used since antiquity and still standard for military wet-gap crossings.
Pontormo
Pontormo, the working name of Jacopo Carucci (1494–1556), was a Florentine painter and principal founder of Mannerism, best known for the Capponi Chapel Deposition in Florence and the Visitation at Carmignano.
Pontpierre
Pontpierre: remains of a Roman bridge over the Eyrieux river at Saint-Fortunat-sur-Eyrieux, Ardèche, France; Barrington Atlas 17 D4, Pleiades 167873; also a Moselle commune and other French place names.
Pontryagin's maximum principle
Pontryagin's maximum principle is a set of necessary conditions for optimality in optimal control theory, announced in 1956 by Lev Pontryagin and students at the Steklov Mathematical Institute.
Pontus (region)
Pontus (Greek: Πόντος) is a region on the southern coast of the Black Sea in northern Asia Minor, between Paphlagonia and Colchis, corresponding to part of modern Turkey's coast.
Pontus (Πόντος) (mythology)
Pontus (Pontos, Πόντος) is the primordial Greek sea god, born from Gaia alone in Hesiod's Theogony and father of Nereus, Thaumas, Phorcys, Ceto, and Eurybia; distinct from Oceanus and Poseidon, he never acts in myth and has no cult.
Pontus Jansson
Pontus Jansson, Swedish centre-back born 1991, captain of Malmö FF; formerly Torino, Leeds United, and Brentford, whom he captained to 2021 Premier League promotion; 27 Sweden caps; ACL injury April 2026.
Pontus Polemoniacus
Pontus Polemoniacus (Πόντος Πολεμωνιακός), a district and later Roman province on the southeastern Black Sea coast of Anatolia, named after King Polemon, annexed by Nero in AD 63, capital Neocaesarea.
Pontus Skoglund
Pontus Skoglund is a population geneticist who leads the Ancient Genomics Laboratory at the Francis Crick Institute in London, using ancient DNA to study human evolution, dogs, and disease outbreaks.
Pontus Thuresson
Pontus Thuresson (born 1990) is a Swedish running target shooter from Strömsund, Åtvids Jaktskytteklubb; 2022 world team champion and 50 m moving target team world record holder (1740, Chateauroux 2025).
Pontypool (ИTYPOOL) (film)
Pontypool (POИTYPOOL) is a 2008 Canadian psychological horror film by Bruce McDonald, written by Tony Burgess from his novel Pontypool Changes Everything, in which a virus spread through English words infects an Ontario town while DJ Grant Mazzy (Stephen McHattie) broadcasts from a basement radio studio.
Pontypridd
Pontypridd: Welsh market town in Rhondda Cynon Taf at the Taff–Rhondda confluence, 12 miles north of Cardiff. Known for William Edwards' 1756 Old Bridge, coal-era growth, and ongoing town-centre regeneration.
Ponvannan (பொன்வண்ணன்)
Ponvannan (பொன்வண்ணன்), born Shanmugam in 1964, is an Indian actor and director in Tamil cinema and television, known for Paruthiveeran (2007) and married to actress Saranya since 1995.
Pony
Pony: a small horse of Equus caballus under 14.2 hands (147 cm) at the withers; same species as horses; size controlled by few loci (HMGA2, LCORL, TBX3), with independent origins in Shetland and Debao breeds.
Pony (Ginuwine song)
"Pony" (1996) is Ginuwine's debut R&B single, written with Timbaland and Static Major, produced by Timbaland, a No. 1 Billboard R&B hit from Ginuwine…The Bachelor, later famous via Magic Mike.
Pony Canyon (株式会社ポニーキャニオン)
Pony Canyon (株式会社ポニーキャニオン, PONY CANYON INC.), founded 1966 as Nippon Broadcasting System Service, renamed Pony 1970, merged with Canyon Records 1987; Fuji Media Holdings subsidiary for music, anime, and live entertainment.
Pony car
A pony car is a class of American compact car with a long hood, short rear deck, and optional V8 power, named for the Ford Mustang of 1964 and led by rivals like the Chevrolet Camaro.
Pony Express
The Pony Express was a private horse-relay mail service carrying letters between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento in about ten days, from 1860 to 1861.
Pony Express Oil Pipeline
The Pony Express Oil Pipeline, also called PXP, is a FERC-regulated crude oil pipeline running from Guernsey, Wyoming to Cushing, Oklahoma, opened in October 2014 and owned by Tallgrass Energy.
Pony Island
Pony Island (2016) is Daniel Mullins Games' metafictional indie puzzle-horror game on Steam: a trapped soul hacks a devil-built arcade cabinet, mixing a pony runner, code puzzles, and desktop interface; sequel due 2027.
Pony Valley Camel Trekking
Pony Valley Camel Trekking (포니밸리) is a theme park in Pyoseon-myeon, Seogwipo, Jeju, South Korea, offering camel rides on dromedaries imported from Australia, the first such import to Korea, located near Seongeup Folk Village.
PONY.MOV
PONY.MOV, also written PONY Mov, is Max Gilardi's (HotDiggedyDemon) six-episode adult Flash parody of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, on YouTube 2011–2013, known for grotesque characters, SHED.MOV, and catchphrases like "CRUSH. KILL. DESTROY. SWAG."