Ghent

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɛnt/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Proper noun

Ghent

  1. The capital city of the province of East Flanders, Belgium.
    • 2025 January 29, Lucy Hooker, “Coca-Cola recalls drinks in UK due to chemical levels”, in BBC News‎[1]:
      The higher levels of chlorate were discovered during routine testing at the company's production facility in Ghent, Belgium, according to an unnamed company spokesperson quoted by the AFP news agency.

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From earlier Ganda; if from Celtic, possibly from Proto-Celtic *kom-dati (“confluence”), from Proto-Indo-European *kom-dʰh₁-ti- (“confluence”), equivalent to *ḱóm + *dʰeh₁- (similar to the town Condivincum); or related to the Celtic goddess Gontia.[1] The name could otherwise be of non-Indo-European origin.[2]

Proper noun

Ghent

  1. Ghent (a city in modern Belgium)

Inflection

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Descendants

  • Dutch: Gent

References

  1. ^ Room, Adrian, Place Names of the World, 2nd ed., McFarland & Co., 2006, p. 144
  2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “Ghent”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

  • “ghent”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
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