Ghent

American  

[gent] / gɛnt /

noun

1. a port in northwestern Belgium, at the confluence of the Scheldt and Lys rivers: treaty 1814.

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Ghent British  

/ ɡɛnt /

noun

1. French name: Gand.  Flemish name: Gent.  an industrial city and port in NW Belgium, capital of East Flanders province, at the confluence of the Rivers Lys and Scheldt: formerly famous for its cloth industry; university (1816). Pop: 229 344 (2004 est)

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Example Sentences

The ministry said it was sending experts to Ghent, Belgium to examine the photos and to talk to a collector of Third Reich memorabilia who had put them on sale on Ebay on Saturday.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

Lotus was founded in 1932 in a village near the medieval city of Ghent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Wales will have a better idea of where they stand in their World Cup qualifying group once Belgium have played North Macedonia in Ghent on Friday night.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2025

“If you are not paying careful attention,” Ghent said, “you could end up with the same deal as before.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2024

Von Tschermak had been a graduate student at Halle and in Ghent, where, working on pea hybrids, he had also observed hereditary traits moving independently and discretely, like particles, across generations of hybrids.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee