Trent.
A placename
Meaning & usage
A placename A river in central England, flowing 298 km (185 mi.) from Staffordshire, through Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire, to join the Ouse at Trent Falls and form the Humber estuary.
A placename A village and civil parish (served by Queen Thorne Parish Council) in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST5918).
A placename Alternative form of Trento (city in northern Italy).
A placename A river in Ontario, Canada, which flows into Lake Ontario and forms part of the Trent-Severn Waterway.
A placename A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Wolfe County, Kentucky.
A placename A place in the United States: A census-designated place in Lane County, Oregon.
A placename A place in the United States: A town in Moody County, South Dakota.
A placename A place in the United States: A town in Taylor County, Texas.
A placename A rural locality in the Shire of Denmark, Great Southern region, Western Australia.
A topographic surname: an English and Scottish surname for someone who lived near any of the rivers of that name.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle English Trent, from Old English Trēonte; Koch (2006) derives the river name from Proto-Celtic *tri-sent(o)-on-ā-, from the elements *trei (“through”) + *sentus (“path”). Traditionally said to be from Proto-Brythonic elements equivalent to tros (“over”) + hynt (“way”), often taken to mean "the trespasser" The surname in some cases is a shortening of "Tranent", or "Tranant" in Scottish Gaelic, a geographical location in East Lothian. "Tranant" itself is possibly of Brythonic (Celtic) origin.
Trento, A city in Italy.
Where this word comes from
From Italian Trento.
A municipality on the island of Rügen in Vorpommern-Rügen district, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
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