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Noun
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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".