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Ghent

/ˈɡɛnt/ · name

Meaning

  1. The capital city of the province of East Flanders, Belgium.
  2. A place in the United States:
  3. A minor city in Carroll County, Kentucky.
  4. A minor city in Lyon County, Minnesota.
  5. A town and census-designated place therein, in Columbia County, New York.
  6. An unincorporated community in Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio.
  7. A historic district in Norfolk, Virginia.
  8. A census-designated place in Raleigh County, West Virginia.

Etymology / origin

From Middle Dutch Ghent (modern spelling: Gent), from Latin Ganda, itself probably of Celtic origin.

  1. -(cel)→
  2. Ganda(la)→
  3. Ghent(Middle Dutch)→
  4. Ghent (English)
  5. Relations: der, der, der

Related words

Ghent(Middle Dutch)Ganda(la)-(cel)

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