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pond

Pronunciation: /pɔnt/

“pond” is a Dutch word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. metric pound (500 grams)
  2. pound (453.6 grams)
  3. pound, any of several local units, with a range between 420 and 500 grammes, divided into 16 historical ounces
  4. kilogram
  5. British pound, pound sterling (currency)
  6. Egyptian pound
  7. Flemish pound

Etymology

From Middle Dutch pont, pond, from Old Dutch punt, from Proto-West Germanic *pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą (“pound, weight”), borrowed from Latin pondō.

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