# pontianac

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A fossil resin historically used in the production of some rubber, produced from the latex of Dyera costulata.

## Etymology
From Pontianac, an older spelling of Pontianak, a port city in West Kalimantan, from which the resin was shipped, named for the ghostly pontianaks which supposedly once inhabited the site.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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