Ghent

== English == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch Ghent (modern spelling: Gent), from Latin Ganda, itself probably of Celtic origin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡɛnt/ Rhymes: -ɛnt === Proper noun === Ghent The capital city of the province of East Flanders, Belgium. Synonym: Gent A place in the United States: A minor city in Carroll County, Kentucky. A minor city in Lyon County, Minnesota. 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. ==== Derived terms ==== Ghentish New Ghent ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === thegn == 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. The name could otherwise be of non-Indo-European origin. === Proper noun === Ghent Ghent (a city in modern Belgium) ==== Inflection ==== This noun needs an inflection-table template. ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: Gent === References === === Further reading === “ghent”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000