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Kent.

A maritime county in southeast England bordered by East Sussex, Surrey, Greater London, the North Sea and the English Channel.

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Meaning & usage

name/kɛnt/
  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: An unincorporated community in Elmore County, Alabama.

  7. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Pike County, Alabama.

  8. A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Colusa County, California.

  9. A number of places in the United States: The former name of Kentfield, a census-designated place in Marin County, California.

  10. A number of places in the United States: A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut.

  11. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Nassau County, Florida.

  12. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Stephenson County, Illinois.

  13. A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Republican Township, Jefferson County, Indiana.

  14. A number of places in the United States: A former city and census-designated place in Union County, Iowa, disincorporated in 2003.

  15. A number of places in the United States: A tiny city in Wilkin County, Minnesota.

  16. A number of places in the United States: A town in Putnam County, New York.

  17. A number of places in the United States: A city in Portage County, Ohio.

  18. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Sherman County, Oregon.

  19. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Culberson County, Texas.

  20. A number of places in the United States: A city in King County, Washington, United States; a suburb of Seattle, named after the English county.

  21. A number of places in the United States: A neighborhood in northwest Washington, D.C.

  22. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Marshall County, West Virginia.

  23. A surname from Old English derived from the place name.

  24. A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage.

  25. A royal dukedom.

Where this word comes from

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”).

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