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IPA transcription: ['ɡɛnt]

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Noun

  • port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center; famous for cloth industry

Usage examples

  • There is also an exit at Ghent Road.
  • He then visited Ghent and for two years attended the college of the Jesuits.
  • Other artworks rescued included the Ghent Altarpiece.
  • The name has its origin in the Belgian city Ghent.
  • It was mainly supplied by the moneyed inhabitants of Antwerp and Ghent.
  • Ghent was occupied by the Germans in both World Wars but escaped severe destruction.
  • De Clercq was born in Ghent.
  • The current faculties are spread over the city center of Ghent and Aalst.
  • It serves the cities of Antwerp and Ghent.
  • Charles V was known in his youth after his birthplace as "Charles of Ghent".