Ghent

[ gent ]

noun

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

Ghent

/ ɡɛnt /

noun

1. 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) Flemish nameGent French nameGand

Example Sentences

Andra Ghent, a professor of finance at the University of Utah, said the changes on their own aren’t likely to have much of an effect.

From Los Angeles Times

Ghent, the Utah professor, said real change won’t come from the new rules themselves.

From Los Angeles Times

Despite the defendants’ absence, the trial’s significance was underscored by Brigitte Herremans, a senior researcher at the Human Rights Centre of Ghent University.

From Seattle Times

“There was dialogue and with political plodding, solutions emerged. But now, all too often, that doesn’t work anymore,” said Prof. Hendrik Vos of Ghent University.

From Seattle Times

“We are getting ignored,” Marieke Van De Vivere, a farmer from the Ghent region in northern Belgium, told The Associated Press.

From Seattle Times