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Pontian

[′pän·chən]
(geology)
A European stage of geologic time in the uppermost Miocene, above the Sarmatian and below the Plaisancian of the Pliocene; it has also been regarded as the lowermost Pliocene.
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'Johor Baru still has the most dengue cases with 74.8 per cent of the total cases, followed by Kluang (6.1 per cent), Kulai (4.2 per cent), Batu Pahat (3.5 per cent), Muar (2.4 per cent), Kota Tinggi (2.1 per cent), Segamat (2.0 per cent), Tangkak (1.9 per cent), Pontian (1.5 per cent) and Mersing (1.4 per cent),' he said at a press conference during the Individual Premises Enforcement Operation (OPPI) at the dengue outbreak area in Taman Damai Jaya, Skudai, here, yesterday.
Ilidzides' wife is a Russian Pontian who does not speak Greek well and was left to fend for herself after her husband's arrest since she has no help from anyone to care for her children.
The majority of long-term unemployed are Greek Cypriots (84%), followed by European citizens (8%), foreigners (3%) and Pontian Greeks (3%).
In Melaka and during the daylong ride from Pontian to Johor Bahru, members of local cycling groups accompanied the team for group rides.
MARC notes that the sharp increase in pre-tax profit to MYR 165.8 million (2012: MYR 100.0 million) was mainly attributed to a MYR 85.3 million gain from disposal of equity investment in Pontian United Plantations Berhad, a company that has oil palm plantations in Sabah.
programme of the country which negated the initiative on recognition of the Pontian Greeks genocide, the country, which did not
Pontian, who served as pope during the third century, resigned upon learning he was to be arrested by Roman authorities and sentenced to hard labor in Sardinia for practicing Christianity.
PONTIAN -- The array of cheeky condoms on Goh Miah Kiat's desk - multi-colored, textured and flavored - would make most business executives blush.
In 235, Pope Pontian is believed to have been the first to abdicate the office after the Roman Emperor Maximinus Thrax exiled him to Sardinia.
They are: Pontian in 235; Silverius in 537; John XVIII in 1009; Benedict IX in 1045; Celestine V in 1294 and Gregory XII in 1415.
Pontian. He was elected pontiff for the burgeoning Christian faithful and the direct successor of St.
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