Trent

See also: trent and Trënt

English

Etymology

• From Welsh tros (over) + hynt (way), often taken to mean "the trespasser"
• Another possibility: a shortening of "Tranent", or "Tranant" in Scottish Gaelic, a geographical location in East Lothian. "Tranant" itself is possibly of Brythonic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹɛnt/

• Audio (Berkshire, England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Proper noun

Trent

1. (less common form) Trento, the city in Italy.
2. A river in central England, flowing 298 km (185 mi.) from Staffordshire, through Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire to join the Ouse and form the Humber estuary.
3. A river in Ontario, Canada, which flows into Lake Ontario and forms part of the Trent-Severn Waterway.
4. An English and Scottish topographic surname for someone who lived near any of the rivers of that name.
5. A male given name transferred from the surname.
6. A census-designated place in Lane County, Oregon, United States.

Derived terms

• Barrow upon Trent
• Burton upon Trent, Burton-on-Trent
• Carlton-on-Trent
• Newark-on-Trent
• Radcliffe on Trent

• Stoke-on-Trent
• Trent Lakes
• Trent Vale
• Walton-on-Trent

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Dutch

Etymology

First attested as op de Trent in 1727. Derived from Middle Dutch trent (“round object, disc, circle”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Trent

Proper noun

Trent n

1. A hamlet in Maashorst, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.