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Kent
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kent ként -ként кент Кент
English
River +
<dab!>
Etymology
en cel-bry-pro
en enm Kent, from en ang Cent, from en la Cantium, from en cel-bry - cel-bry-pro *Cantio (compare sga céite gathering, folkmoot, hillock), from en cel-pro *kantos corner, rim.
Pronunciation
en /kɛnt/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Kent.wav Southern England
en ɛnt 1
Proper noun
en maritime county in southeast cc/England bordered by East Sussex, Surrey, Greater London, the North Sea and the English Channel.
en 5 September 2026 Simon Jones James Buchan Joshua Askew Disruption at Port of Dover due to 'stop the boats' protest https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8znyzgkjjo BBC News The migration issue "does need to be addressed", the MP said, but not by young men in balaclavas "seeking to terrorise the local population of east Kent". 5 September 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20261011124538/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8znyzgkjjo 11 October 2026
en river co/Cumbria cc/England, which flows into Morecambe Bay at Arnside.
en hamlet par/Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley dist/New Forest co/Hampshire cc/England OS grid ref SU1310. OS: Hampshire
en district municipality p/British Columbia c/Canada.
en A coastal fishing <<village>> in the <<dist/Western Area Rural District>>, <<c/Sierra Leone>>.
en number of places c/USA:
en unincorporated community co/Elmore County s/Alabama.
en unincorporated community co/Pike County s/Alabama.
en ghost town co/Colusa County s/California.
en The former name of Kentfield, California Kentfield, a <<CDP>> in <<co/Marin County>>, <<s/California>>.
en town co/Litchfield County s/Connecticut.
en unincorporated community co/Nassau County s/Florida.
en unincorporated community co/Stephenson County s/Illinois.
en census-designated place twp:Suf/Republican co/Jefferson County s/Indiana.
en former city/and/census-designated place co/Union County s/Iowa, disincorporated in 2003.
en tiny city co/Wilkin County s/Minnesota.
en town co/Putnam County s/New York.
en city co/Portage County s/Ohio.
en unincorporated community co/Sherman County s/Oregon.
en unincorporated community co/Culberson County s/Texas.
en city co/King County s/Washington c/USA ; suburb city/Seattle, named after the English county. TopoZone: Kent, Washington
en neighborhood in northwest city/Washington, D.C.
en unincorporated community co/Marshall County s/West Virginia.
en Old English derived from the place name.
en male surnames mostly American.
en Andrew Stanton Jim Cooper Calls Out ‘Gerrymandering’ of Tennessee District, Will Not Seek Re-Election w:Newsweek https://www.newsweek.com/jim-cooper-calls-out-gerrymandering-tennessee-district-will-not-seek-re-election-1672886 2022-01-25 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20230918152819/https://www.newsweek.com/jim-cooper-calls-out-gerrymandering-tennessee-district-will-not-seek-re-election-1672886 18 September 2023
A royal dukedom.
Derived terms
en Chatham-Kent Fort Kent Kent Acres Kent City Kent County Kent Island Kent Narrows Kent Peninsula Kent Street Kenter Kentish Kentland Kentman Kents Bank Kents Hill Kentville maid of Kent man of Kent New Kent New Kent County Old Kent Road South Kent
Translations
the English maritime county
Arabic: ar كنت m kent
Belarusian: be Кент m
Bulgarian: bg Кент m
Catalan: ca Kent m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 肯特郡 kěntèjùn
Chuvash: cv Кент
Cornish: kw Kint
French: fr Kent m
Georgian: ka კენტი
German: de Kent
Greek: el Κεντ n
Hindi: hi केंट
Italian: it Kent m f
Japanese: ja ケント Kento
Korean: ko 켄트 Kenteu
Latin: la Cantium n, la Cantia f
Latvian: lv Kenta f
Lithuanian: lt Kentas m
Macedonian: mk Кент m
Malayalam: ml കെന്റ്റ്
Marathi: mr केंट
Norman: nrf Caint m
Old English: ang Cent f
Polish: pl Kent m
Portuguese: pt Kent m
Punjabi: pa ਕੇਂਟ
Western Punjabi: pnb کینٹ
Russian: ru Кент m
Scots: sco Kent
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Ке̏нт m
Latin: sh Kȅnt m
Spanish: es Kent m
Swedish: sv Kent n
Tamil: ta கெண்ட்
Telugu: te కెంట్
Thai: th เคนต์ Khent̒
Turkish: tr Kent s
Ukrainian: uk Кент m, uk Кент m
Urdu: ur کینٹ
Uyghur: ug Ként
Welsh: cy Caint f
Yiddish: yi קענט
References
Anagrams
en eknt tekn-
Catalan
Proper noun
m
en Kent
Danish
Proper noun
da proper noun
da male English, interpreted as a short form of Kenneth
Italian
Etymology
it en Kent.
Pronunciation
Kènt<r:DiPI>
Proper noun
mfbysense
it en surname
Proper noun
m
it en male given name
Proper noun
it maritime county in southeast cc/England
it river co/Cumbria cc/England
it district municipality p/British Columbia c/Canada
it a coastal fishing <<village>> in the <<dist/Western Area Rural District>>, <<c/Sierra Leone>>
it number of places c/USA
it unincorporated community co/Elmore County s/Alabama
it unincorporated community co/Pike County s/Alabama
it ghost town co/Colusa County s/California
it the former name of Kentfield, California Kentfield, a <<CDP>> in <<co/Marin County>>, <<s/California>>
it town co/Litchfield s/Connecticut
it unincorporated community co/Nassau County s/Florida
it unincorporated community co/Stephenson County s/Illinois
it unincorporated community/and/census-designated place twp/Republican Township co/Jefferson County s/Indiana
it former city/and/census-designated place co/Union County s/Iowa
it tiny city co/Wilkin County s/Minnesota
it town co/Putnam County s/New York
it city co/Portage County s/Ohio
it unincorporated community co/Sherman County s/Oregon
it unincorporated community co/Culberson County s/Texas
it city co/King County s/Washington c/USA ; suburb city/Seattle
it neighborhood in northwest city/Washington, D.C.
it unincorporated community co/Marshall County s/West Virginia
References
Middle English
Alternative forms
enm Kente Kentt
Etymology
enm ang Cent, from enm la Cantium or its enm cel-bry - source.
Pronunciation
enm /kɛnt/
Proper noun
enm proper noun
enm county in southeast cc/England Kent
Descendants
en Kent
Norwegian
Proper noun
no proper noun
no male English, interpreted as a short form of Kenneth
Swedish
Alternative forms
sv Kenth
Etymology
Borrowed from sv en 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.
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Kent.wav
Proper noun
c
sv male
Synonyms
diminutive sv Kenta
References
Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0
Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 9119551622: 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.
Anagrams
sv eknt tekn.