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Definition of Ghent

1. Noun. Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center; famous for cloth industry.

Definition of Ghent

1. Proper noun. Capital city of the province of East Flanders, Belgium. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ghent

Literary usage of Ghent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet: Containing an Account of the by Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Bon-Joseph Dacier, Pierre Desrey (1867)
"The Ghent men then attacked the suburbs ; but they were so well defended that they gained nothing, except killing one man-at-arms : they now returned to ..."

2. Belgium and Holland, Including the Grand-duchy of Luxembourg: Handbook for by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1905)
"In 1477 the nuptials of the Archduke Maximilian were celebrated at Ghent with ... During his reign Ghent was one of the largest and wealthiest cities in ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"On his return to Flanders, he was named by the king first Bishop of Ghent, in 1568, and this nomination was confirmed by Pius IV on 6 July of the same year. ..."

4. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"On February 1, 1488, the trades of Bruges in their turn took up arms, and the Carpenters occupied the gate towards Ghent. Then ensued the strangest and most ..."

5. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1905)
"This treaty, known in history as the Pacification of Ghent, established a firm alliance and inviolable peace between the Provinces represented by the States ..."

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