Pontiac

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Pontiac (disambiguation)

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Most places are named after Pontiac, a war chief, whose name is a borrowing of Ottawa Bwandiag.

Pontiac

1. A municipality in western Quebec, Canada.
2. A regional county municipality in Quebec, not to be confused with the municipality above.
3. A city, the county seat of Livingston County, Illinois, United States.
4. An unincorporated community in Clay County, Indiana, United States.
5. An unincorporated community in Butler County, Kansas, United States.
6. A city, the county seat of Oakland County, Michigan, United States.
7. A historical village in Rhode Island, United States, located in both Warwick, Kent County, and Cranston, Providence County.

• Pontiac fever

Pontiac (plural Pontiacs)

1. a brand of automobile produced and sold by General Motors between 1926 and 2010.

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Both the name of the regional county municipality as well as the name of the regular municipality derive from English Pontiac, rendered in turn from the name of the Ottawa leader Obwandiyag.

• IPA^(key): /pɔ̃.tjak/
• Hyphenation: Pon‧tiac
• Rhymes: -ak

Pontiac m

1. A regional county municipality of Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.
2. A municipality of Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.