Gwent

American

[gwent] / gwɛnt /

noun

a former administrative county in southern Wales.

Gwent British

/ ɡwɛnt /

noun

a former county of SE Wales: formed in 1974 from most of Monmouthshire and part of Breconshire; replaced in 1996 by Monmouthshire and the county boroughs of Newport, Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent, and part of Caerphilly

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Etymology

Origin of Gwent

From Welsh, from Old Welsh Guent, name of a medieval Welsh kingdom, from Latin Venta (Silurum) “Market Town (of the Silures),” a local Celtic tribe

Example Sentences

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Dion, 14, had left a bag containing an iPhone, football boots, and Apple AirPods in the temporary building at Ysgol Gyfun Gwent Is Coed in Newport, when the blaze broke out in July.

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Anglesey, Blaenau Gwent and Conwy are among those preparing similar steps, but authorities such as Monmouthshire and Pembrokeshire have ruled it out.

From BBC

The data found Blaenau Gwent was the local authority with the highest concentration of highly deprived neighbourhoods.

From BBC

Blaenau Gwent council has been asked to comment.

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When it collapsed a year ago, 350 tonnes of slurry thundered through the Blaenau Gwent village and buried Mr Morgan's driveway.

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