Trent

See also: trent and Trënt

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Trent

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River Trent on Wikipedia

Koch (2006) derives the river name from Proto-Celtic *tri-sent(o)-on-ā-, from the elements *trei (“through”) + *sentus (“path”). Traditionally said to be from Proto-Brythonic elements equivalent to tros (“over”) + hynt (“way”), often taken to mean "the trespasser"

The surname in some cases is a shortening of "Tranent", or "Tranant" in Scottish Gaelic, a geographical location in East Lothian. "Tranant" itself is possibly of Brythonic (Celtic) origin.

Trent (countable and uncountable, plural Trents)

A placename
1. A river in central England, flowing 298 km (185 mi.) from Staffordshire, through Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire, to join the Ouse at Trent Falls and form the Humber estuary.
2. A village and civil parish (served by Queen Thorne Parish Council) in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST5918). ^[1]
3. A river in Ontario, Canada, which flows into Lake Ontario and forms part of the Trent-Severn Waterway.
4. A place in the United States:
  1. An unincorporated community in Wolfe County, Kentucky.
  2. A census-designated place in Lane County, Oregon.
  3. A town in Moody County, South Dakota.
  4. A town in Taylor County, Texas.
5. A rural locality in the Shire of Denmark, Great Southern region, Western Australia.
A topographic surname: an English and Scottish surname for someone who lived near any of the rivers of that name.
A male given name transferred from the surname.

Trent

Trent

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

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