Kent

Kent

See also: kent, -ként, and кент

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛnt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Proper noun

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 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 unincorporatedcommunity in Elmore County, Alabama.
   2. An unincorporatedcommunity in Pike County, Alabama.
   3. A ghost town in Colusa County, California.
   4. The former name of Kentfield, a CDP in Marin County, California.
   5. A town in Litchfield, Connecticut.
   6. An unincorporatedcommunity in Nassau County, Florida.
   7. An unincorporatedcommunity in Stephenson County, Illinois.
   8. An unincorporatedcommunity 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 unincorporatedcommunity in Sherman County, Oregon.
   14. An unincorporatedcommunity in Culberson County, Texas.
   15. A city in King County, Washington, United States; suburb of Seattle.
   16. A neighborhood in northwest Washington, D.C..
   17. An unincorporatedcommunity in Marshall County, West Virginia.
6. A surname from Old English derived from the place name.
7. A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Chatham-Kent
• Fort Kent
• Kent Acres
• Kent City
• Kent County
• Kentish
• Kent Island
• Kentland
• Kent Narrows
• Kent Peninsula
• Kents Bank
• Kent Street
• Kentville
• maid of Kent
• man of Kent
• New Kent
• New Kent County
• South Kent

Translations

the English maritime county

Arabic: كنت‎ m (kent) Belarusian: Кент m (Kjent) Bulgarian: Кент m (Kent) Catalan: Kent m Chinese: Mandarin: 肯特郡 (zh) (kěntèjùn) Chuvash: Кент (Kent) Cornish: Kint Georgian: კენტი (ḳenṭi) German: Kent Greek: Κεντ (el) n (Kent) Hindi: केंट (keṇṭ) Italian: Kent f or m Japanese: ケント (Kento) Korean: 켄트 주 (Kenteu ju) Latin: Cantium n Latvian: Kenta f Lithuanian: Kentas m Macedonian: Кент m (Kent) Marathi: केंट (keṇṭa) Norman: Caint m Old English: Cent f Polish: Kent (pl) m Portuguese: Kent m Russian: Кент (ru) m (Kent) Scots: Kent Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Ке̏нт m Roman: Kȅnt (sh) m Spanish: Kent m Swedish: Kent (sv) n Thai: เคนต์ (Khent̒) Ukrainian: Кент m (Kent), Кент m (Kent) Urdu: کینٹ‎ Uyghur: Ként Welsh: Caint f Western Panjabi: کینٹ‎ (pnb) Yiddish: קענט‎ (kent)

Anagrams

• tekn-

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Catalan

Proper noun

Kent m

1. Kent

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Danish

Proper noun

Kent

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

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Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Kent.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Kent m or f by sense

1. A surname in English

Proper noun

Kent m

1. A male given name in English

Proper noun

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 unincorporatedcommunity in Elmore County, Alabama
   2. An unincorporatedcommunity in Pike County, Alabama
   3. A ghost town in Colusa County, California
   4. the former name of Kentfield, a CDP in Marin County, California
   5. A town in Litchfield, Connecticut
   6. An unincorporatedcommunity in Nassau County, Florida
   7. An unincorporatedcommunity in Stephenson County, Illinois
   8. An unincorporatedcommunity 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 unincorporatedcommunity in Sherman County, Oregon
   14. An unincorporatedcommunity in Culberson County, Texas
   15. A city in King County, Washington, United States; suburb of Seattle
   16. A neighborhood in northwest Washington, D.C.
   17. An unincorporatedcommunity in Marshall County, West Virginia

References

1. Kent in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Kent

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

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Swedish

Alternative forms

• Kenth

Etymology

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.

Proper noun

Kent c (genitive Kents)

1. a male given name

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• 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.

Anagrams

• tekn.