Kent

Inherited from Middle English Kent, from Old English Cent, from Latin Cantium, from Brythonic *Cantio (compare Old Irish céite (“gathering, folkmoot, hillock”)), from Proto-Celtic *kantos (“corner, rim”).

• IPA^(key): /kɛnt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Kent

1. A maritime county in southeast England bordered by East Sussex, Surrey, Greater London, the North Sea and the English Channel.
2. A river in Cumbria, England, which flows into Morecambe Bay at Arnside.
3. A hamlet in Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU1310). ^[1]
4. A district municipality of British Columbia, Canada.
5. A coastal fishing village in the Western Area Rural District, Sierra Leone.
6. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Elmore County, Alabama.
   2. An unincorporated community in Pike County, Alabama.
   3. A ghost town in Colusa County, California.
   4. The former name of Kentfield, a census-designated place in Marin County, California.
   5. A town in Litchfield, Connecticut.
   6. An unincorporated community in Nassau County, Florida.
   7. An unincorporated community in Stephenson County, Illinois.
   8. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Republican Township, Jefferson County, Indiana.
   9. A former city and census-designated place in Union County, Iowa, disincorporated in 2003.
   10. A tiny city in Wilkin County, Minnesota.
   11. A town in Putnam County, New York.
   12. A city in Portage County, Ohio.
   13. An unincorporated community in Sherman County, Oregon.
   14. An unincorporated community in Culberson County, Texas.
   15. A city in King County, Washington, United States; a suburb of Seattle.
   16. A neighborhood in northwest Washington, D.C..
   17. An unincorporated community in Marshall County, West Virginia.
7. A surname from Old English derived from the place name.
8. A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage.
   • 2022 January 25, Andrew Stanton, “Jim Cooper Calls Out ‘Gerrymandering’ of Tennessee District, Will Not Seek Re-Election”, in Newsweek‎^[1]:

     Kent Syler, a professor of political science at Middle Tennessee State University, told Newsweek in an interview Tuesday evening that the "aggressive" gerrymandering will make it "very, very difficult" for Democrats to hold the seat in the 2022 midterms.

9. A royal dukedom.

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Kent m

1. Kent

Kent

1. a male given name from English, interpreted as a short form of Kenneth

Unadapted borrowing from English Kent.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛnt/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛnt
• Hyphenation: Kènt

Kent m or f by sense

1. a surname in English

Kent m

1. a male given name in English

Kent ?

1. a maritime county in southeast England
2. a river in Cumbria, England
3. a district municipality of British Columbia, Canada
4. a coastal fishing village in the Western Area Rural District, Sierra Leone
5. a number of places in the United States
   1. an unincorporated community in Elmore County, Alabama
   2. an unincorporated community in Pike County, Alabama
   3. a ghost town in Colusa County, California
   4. the former name of Kentfield, a census-designated place in Marin County, California
   5. a town in Litchfield, Connecticut
   6. an unincorporated community in Nassau County, Florida
   7. an unincorporated community in Stephenson County, Illinois
   8. an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Republican Township, Jefferson County, Indiana
   9. a former city and census-designated place in Union County, Iowa
   10. a tiny city in Wilkin County, Minnesota
   11. a town in Putnam County, New York
   12. a city in Portage County, Ohio
   13. an unincorporated community in Sherman County, Oregon
   14. an unincorporated community in Culberson County, Texas
   15. a city in King County, Washington, United States; a suburb of Seattle
   16. a neighborhood in northwest Washington, D.C.
   17. an unincorporated community in Marshall County, West Virginia

• Kente, Kentt

Inherited from Old English Cent, from Latin Cantium or its Brythonic source.

• IPA^(key): /kɛnt/

Kent

1. Kent (a county in southeast England)

• English: Kent

Kent

1. a male given name from English, interpreted as a short form of Kenneth

• Kenth

Borrowed from English Kent at the same time as Kenneth. Generally interpreted as a short form of Kenneth in Scandinavia. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1923.

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Kent c (genitive Kents)

1. a male given name

• (diminutive) Kenta

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [2] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 31 771 males with the given name Kent living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1950s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

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