Point

Point (English and French for 'dot'):

• a measure for the size of a font, see font size
• a colour characteristic in cats, see point cat
• the former SDR series Point (radio broadcast)

Point is the name of the following geographical objects:

• Point (toponym), a common place-name constituent.

• Point (Adlkofen), district of the municipality of Adlkofen, Landshut county, Bavaria
• Point (Ampfing), district of the municipality of Ampfing, district of Mühldorf am Inn, Bavaria
• Point (Fischbachau), district of the municipality Fischbachau, district Miesbach, Bavaria
• Point (Garching an der Alz), district of the municipality of Garching an der Alz, Altötting county, Bavaria
• Point (Gars am Inn), district of the market Gars am Inn, county Mühldorf am Inn, Bavaria
• Point (Jachenau), district of the municipality of Jachenau, administrative district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, Bavaria
• Point (Kreuth), district of the municipality Kreuth, county Miesbach, Bavaria
• Point (Lewis), peninsula in Scotland
• Point (Marktl), district of the market Marktl, administrative district Altötting, Bavaria
• Point (Perach), district of the municipality of Perach, Altötting county, Bavaria
• Point (Rimsting), district of the municipality Rimsting, county Rosenheim, Bavaria
• Point (Ruhpolding), district of the municipality Ruhpolding, county Traunstein, Bavaria
• Point (Seeon-Seebruck), district of the municipality Seeon-Seebruck, county Traunstein, Bavaria
• Point (Teisendorf), district of the market town Teisendorf, administrative district Berchtesgadener Land, Bavaria
• Point (Unterwössen), district of the municipality Unterwössen, county Traunstein, Bavaria
• Point (Waakirchen), district of the municipality Waakirchen, county Miesbach, Bavaria

• Point (municipality of Rechnitz), district of the municipality of Rechnitz, district of Oberwart, Burgenland
• Point (Hollenstein parish), Rotte near Hollenstein an der Ybbs, Amstetten district, Lower Austria
• Point (municipality of Atzbach), locality of Atzbach, district of Vöcklabruck, Upper Austria
• Point (municipality Frankenburg), locality of the municipality Frankenburg am Hausruck, district Vöcklabruck, Upper Austria
• Point (municipality of Kirchberg), locality of the municipality of Kirchberg ob der Donau, district of Rohrbach, Upper Austria
• Point (municipality of Pettenbach), district of Pettenbach, district of Kirchdorf, Upper Austria
• Point (municipality of Vorchdorf), locality of Vorchdorf, district of Gmunden, Upper Austria
• Point (municipality of Zell), locality of the municipality of Zell an der Pram, district of Schärding, Upper Austria
• Point (municipality of Greinbach), district of Greinbach, district of Hartberg-Fürstenfeld, Styria
• Point (municipality of Hartberg), district of Hartberg, district of Hartberg-Fürstenfeld, Styria
• Point (municipality of Pöllauberg), scattered houses near Pöllauberg, district of Hartberg-Fürstenfeld, Styria
• Point (municipality of Ebbs), village near Ebbs, district of Kufstein, Tyrol

• Point (Louisiana), in the United States
• Point (Pennsylvania), in the United States
• Point (Texas), in the United States

Point is the surname of the following people:

• Brayden Point (* 1996), Canadian ice hockey player
• Christophe Point (* 1965), French football player and coach
• Fernand Point (1897-1955), French chef; considered the father of nouvelle cuisine.
• François Hilarion Point (1759-1798), French general of the infantry
• Steven Point (* 1951), Canadian judge and Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
• Valentine de Saint-Point (1875-1953), French poetess
• Victor Point (1902-1932), expedition leader of the Croisière jaune

Point, Other:

• Le Point, weekly french magazine
• Le Point (Canada), Canadian magazine for homosexuals
• Points, literary magazine in English and French (1949-1955)
• PoinT, pseudonym of the comic book author Tina Brenneisen

See also:

• The Point
• Pointe
• Pointer
• Point program