Point

A township in Posey County, Indiana, United States, so-named for being the southernmost and westernmost point in the state.

Proper noun

  1. A township in Posey County, Indiana, United States, so-named for being the southernmost and westernmost point in the state.
  2. A township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  3. A minor city in Rains County, Texas, United States.
  4. A coastal settlement in Feock parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8138).
    • Cornwall County Council asked for a decision on objections raised by property owners to its proposal to convert the site of the railway into a public road for a distance of 1 mile 86 yards from Devoran to Point...

Proper noun government, military

  1. USMA (United States Military Academy) in West Point, New York.
    • Study goes on until tattoo, which, when Pops was at the Point, was sounded at 9.30, followed by taps at 10. - 2017, Charles King, Cadet Days:

Origin

Short for West Point.

Forms

the Point

Proper noun Entry 3

  1. A surname from French.

Origin

Probably an altered form of French Pons, see Ponce. It is also a variant of the English surname Points.

Forms

Points