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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

켄트

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kenteu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Kent/kɛnt/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #5000 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"켄트는 잉글랜드 남동부에 위치한 자치구입니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A county in southeast England, bordered by Greater London, Surrey, and East Sussex, known historically as the Garden of England.

    "They took a weekend trip to explore the historic castles and orchards of Kent."
  2. 2

    An ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom located in southeast Britain.

    "The Kingdom of Kent played a significant role in the Christianization of Anglo-Saxon England."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Brittonic stem *canto-, meaning a border, edge, or coastal district, which evolved into Old English Cantware (dwellers in Kent). Historically associated with the ancient Kingdom of Kent established by the Jutes in the 5th century.

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