English Explanatory Dictionary

Kent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  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).
  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:
  7. An unincorporated community in Elmore County, Alabama.
  8. An unincorporated community in Pike County, Alabama.
  9. A ghost town in Colusa County, California.
  10. The former name of Kentfield, a census-designated place in Marin County, California.
  11. A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
  12. An unincorporated community in Nassau County, Florida.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of ken
noun
  1. A shepherd's staff.
  2. A pole or pike.
  3. cunt.
verb
  1. To propel (a boat) using a pole.

Pronunciation

/kɛnt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Kent.wav en-us-kent.ogg

Word forms

Kent kents kenting kented

Etymology

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”).

Derived words

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

Translations

Arabic: كنت Belarusian: Кент Bulgarian: Кент Catalan: Kent Chinese Mandarin: 肯特郡 Chuvash: Кент Cornish: Kint French: Kent Georgian: კენტი German: Kent Greek: Κεντ Hindi: केंट Italian: Kent Japanese: ケント Korean: 켄트 Latin: Cantium Latin: Cantia Latvian: Kenta Lithuanian: Kentas Macedonian: Кент Malayalam: കെന്റ്റ് Marathi: केंट Norman: Caint Old English: Cent Polish: Kent Portuguese: Kent Punjabi: ਕੇਂਟ Punjabi: کینٹ Russian: Кент Scots: Kent Serbo-Croatian: Ке̏нт Serbo-Croatian: Kȅnt Spanish: Kent Swedish: Kent Tamil: கெண்ட் Telugu: కెంట్ Thai: เคนต์ Turkish: Kent Ukrainian: Кент Urdu: کینٹ Uyghur: Ként Welsh: Caint Yiddish: קענט
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