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Kent¹
- /kɛnt/
Rhymes with -ɛnt
Where it 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”).
proper noun
- A maritime county in southeast England bordered by East Sussex, Surrey, Greater London, the North Sea and the English Channel. The migration issue "does need to be addressed", the MP said, but not by young men in balaclavas "seeking to terrorise the local population of east Kent".
- A river in Cumbria, England, which flows into Morecambe Bay at Arnside.
- A hamlet in Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU1310).
- A district municipality of British Columbia, Canada.
- A coastal fishing village in the Western Area Rural District, Sierra Leone.
- An unincorporated community in Elmore County, Alabama.
- An unincorporated community in Pike County, Alabama.
- A ghost town in Colusa County, California.
- The former name of Kentfield, a census-designated place in Marin County, California.
- A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
- An unincorporated community in Nassau County, Florida.
- An unincorporated community in Stephenson County, Illinois.
- A census-designated place in Republican Township, Jefferson County, Indiana.
- A former city and census-designated place in Union County, Iowa, disincorporated in 2003.
- A tiny city in Wilkin County, Minnesota.
- A town in Putnam County, New York.
- A city in Portage County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Sherman County, Oregon.
- An unincorporated community in Culberson County, Texas.
- A city in King County, Washington, United States; a suburb of Seattle, named after the English county.
- A neighborhood in northwest Washington, D.C.
- An unincorporated community in Marshall County, West Virginia.
- A surname from Old English derived from the place name.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage. Kent Syler, a professor of political science at Middle Tennessee State University, told Newsweek in an interview Tuesday evening that the "aggressive" gerrymandering will make it "very, very difficult" for Democrats to hold the seat in the 2022 midterms.
- A royal dukedom.
kent²
- /kɛnt/
Rhymes with -ɛnt
verb
- simple past and past participle of ken
kent³
- /kɛnt/
Rhymes with -ɛnt
Where it comes from
Perhaps a variant of the verb cant.
noun kents
- A shepherd's staff.
- A pole or pike.
- cunt.
verb kents · kenting · kented
- To propel (a boat) using a pole.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: chatham, chicago, recognise, dunk, superman, gent, knowledge, familiar, know, ken, aware, teri, albert, saville, recognized, well-known
Translations
Talk about this word "kent." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/kent. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. kent. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/kent "kent." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/kent.Cite this
@misc{kent_2026,
title = {kent},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kent},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
