Negroponte

Negroponte (Venetian: "black bridge") can refer to:

• the Greek island of Euboea, called Negroponte in Italian
  • Chalkis, the island's capital, named Negroponte during the Middle Ages
  • The medieval Lordship of Negroponte, established on the island after the Fourth Crusade

• The Greek-American Negroponte brothers
  • John (born 1939), diplomat and Deputy Secretary of State; first US Director of National Intelligence
  • Nicholas (born 1943), computer scientist