kent
IPA: kˈɛnt
Root Word: Kent
noun
- A maritime county in southeast England bordered by East Sussex, Surrey, Greater London, the North Sea and the English Channel.
- A river in Cumbria, England, which flows into Morecambe Bay at Arnside.
- A district municipality of British Columbia, Canada.
- A coastal fishing village in the Western Area Rural District, Sierra Leone.
- A number of places in the United States:
- 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, Connecticut.
- An unincorporated community in Nassau County, Florida.
- An unincorporated community in Stephenson County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community and 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; suburb of Seattle.
- 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.
- (Scotland) A shepherd's staff.
- (Scotland) A pole or pike.
verb
- (Scotland) To propel (a boat) using a pole.
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Examples of "kent" in Sentences
- I suppose he omitted Kent as too slapdash.
- Lear is raving in the storm with Kent and the fool.
- Lade is a coastal hamlet in the English county of Kent.
- The son of a furrier, Forsyth was born in Ashford, Kent.
- After the war, jock returned to the family home in Kent.
- Kent was previously the dean of the College of Engineering.
- I returned to the bracing predictabilities of Alexander Kent.
- Albert is the eighth grandchild for the Duke and Duchess of Kent.
- It crosses the River Kent on the Nether Bridge and Miller Bridge.
- Crouch is a hamlet in the Swale District, in the county of Kent, England.
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