Kent

See also: kent, ként, -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/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• 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 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:
   1. An unincorporated community in Elmore County, Alabama.
   2. An unincorporated community in Pike County, Alabama.
   3. A ghost town in Colusa County, California.
   4. The former name of Kentfield, a census-designated place in Marin County, California.
   5. A town in Litchfield, Connecticut.
   6. An unincorporated community in Nassau County, Florida.
   7. An unincorporated community in Stephenson County, Illinois.
   8. An unincorporated community 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 unincorporated community in Sherman County, Oregon.
   14. An unincorporated community 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 unincorporated community in Marshall County, West Virginia.
7. A surname from Old English derived from the place name.
8. A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage.
9. A royal dukedom.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 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

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 (kẽṭ)
• 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)
• Malayalam: കെന്റ്റ് (kenṟṟŭ)
• Marathi: केंट (keṇṭa)
• Norman: Caint m
• Old English: Cent f
• Polish: Kent (pl) m
• Portuguese: Kent m
• Punjabi: ਕੇਂਟ (keṇṭ)
• Russian: Кент (ru) m (Kent)
• Scots: Kent
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ке̏нт m

  Roman: Kȅnt (sh) m

• Spanish: Kent m
• Swedish: Kent (sv) n
• Tamil: கெண்ட் (keṇṭ)
• Telugu: కెంట్ (keṇṭ)
• Thai: เคนต์ (Khent̒)
• Turkish: Kent sg
• Ukrainian: Кент m (Kent), Кент m (Kent)
• Urdu: کینٹ
• Uyghur: Ként
• Welsh: Caint f
• Western Panjabi: کینٹ (pnb) (kenṭ)
• Yiddish: קענט (kent)

Anagrams

• tekn-

Catalan

Proper noun

Kent m

1. Kent

Danish

Proper noun

Kent

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

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Kent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛnt/
• 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 unincorporated community in Elmore County, Alabama
   2. An unincorporated community in Pike County, Alabama
   3. A ghost town in Colusa County, California
   4. the former name of Kentfield, a census-designated place in Marin County, California
   5. A town in Litchfield, Connecticut
   6. An unincorporated community in Nassau County, Florida
   7. An unincorporated community in Stephenson County, Illinois
   8. An unincorporated community 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 unincorporated community in Sherman County, Oregon
   14. An unincorporated community 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 unincorporated community in Marshall County, West Virginia

Norwegian

Proper noun

Kent

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

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.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Kent c (genitive Kents)

1. a male given name

Synonyms

• (diminutive) Kenta

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [1] 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.