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ghent
/ɡɛnt/
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What does ghent mean?
proper noun
- The capital city of the province of East Flanders, Belgium.
- A minor city in Carroll County, Kentucky.
- A minor city in Lyon County, Minnesota.
More meanings (4)
proper noun
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Columbia County, New York.
- An unincorporated community in Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio.
- A historic district in Norfolk, Virginia.
- A census-designated place in Raleigh County, West Virginia.
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IPA pronunciation
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The civil wars of Flanders, and the Spanish government which succeeded them, chased away the great commerce of Antwerp, Ghent, and Bruges.
The smallest I ever saw was at Ghent, but it was very imperfect.
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The Ghent or deciduous kinds may be touched with frost without injury; and they may be kept in a cellar until wanted.
There resided at Ghent a couple who were blessed with all the riches of this world, but whose happiness was sore troubled by the want of children.
Its majo is called “faraud,” its Transteverin is the man of the faubourgs, its hammal is the market-porter, its lazzarone is the pègre, its cockney is the native of Ghent.