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'''Ponente''' ({{IPA-it|poˈnɛnte|lang}}, {{lang-es|Poniente}}, {{lang-hr|Punenat}}, {{lang-ca|Ponent}}, {{lang-pt|Poente}}, {{lang-mt|Punent}}, {{lang-el|Πουνέντες}}) is the traditional [[cardinal point]] [[West]], more specifically a [[wind]] that blows from the west.  

The name is derived from the [[Latin language|Latin]] via [[Italian language|Italian]] for "setting", meaning [[sunset]], and appeared by that name in the traditional [[compass rose]] on the [[Mediterranean Sea]] nautical charts since the Middle Ages. 

Regional variations include the [[Catalan language|Catalan]] "ponent" and the [[Spanish language|Spanish]] "poniente", which is the name for the warm and dry westerly breeze that blows across the Atlantic onto the west Mediterranean coast and through the [[Straits of Gibraltar]].

It sometimes appears as [[Zephyrus]], the ancient [[Greek language|Greek]] name, probably derived from "zopho" (meaning dark, gloomy, a reference to the sunset rather than the quality of the wind.) [[Ancient Rome|Romans]] also called it ''Favonius'', probably meaning "favorable", as the westerly wind in the Mediterranean was regarded as a mild wind that brought relief from the summer heat and some useful moisture for crops.

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