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Kent

Noun CEFR B2 Frequent
kɛnt

Definitions

  1. A maritime county in southeast England bordered by East Sussex, Surrey, Greater London, the North Sea and the English Channel.
  2. A shepherd's staff.
  3. A river in Cumbria, England, which flows into Morecambe Bay at Arnside.
  4. A pole or pike.
  5. A hamlet in Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU1310).
  6. cunt.
  7. A district municipality of British Columbia, Canada.
  8. A coastal fishing village in the Western Area Rural District, Sierra Leone.
  9. A number of places in the United States:
  10. An unincorporated community in Elmore County, Alabama.
  11. An unincorporated community in Pike County, Alabama.
  12. A ghost town in Colusa County, California.
  13. The former name of Kentfield, a census-designated place in Marin County, California.
  14. A town in Litchfield, Connecticut.
  15. An unincorporated community in Nassau County, Florida.
  16. An unincorporated community in Stephenson County, Illinois.
  17. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Republican Township, Jefferson County, Indiana.
  18. A former city and census-designated place in Union County, Iowa, disincorporated in 2003.
  19. A tiny city in Wilkin County, Minnesota.
  20. A town in Putnam County, New York.
  21. A city in Portage County, Ohio.
  22. An unincorporated community in Sherman County, Oregon.
  23. An unincorporated community in Culberson County, Texas.
  24. A city in King County, Washington, United States; a suburb of Seattle.
  25. A neighborhood in northwest Washington, D.C..
  26. An unincorporated community in Marshall County, West Virginia.
  27. A surname from Old English derived from the place name.
  28. A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage.
  29. A royal dukedom.

Equivalents

FrançaisKent
العربيةكينت
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ΕλληνικάΚεντ

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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