Gwent

[gwent]

noun

1. a former administrative county in southern Wales.

Gwent

/ ɡwɛnt /

noun

1. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Gwent¹

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

Despite denying causing death by dangerous driving, he was found guilty and jailed for four years, after a Gwent Police investigation filmed by BBC show The Crash Detectives found Mrs Comins was in his field of view for 18 seconds.

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The speeding driver fled before Mr Parry was taken to hospital with serious injuries after the crash on the Heads of the Valleys road between Tredegar and Ebbw Vale in Blaenau Gwent.

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"I thought I seen a police car... then it dawned on me the car ain't insured," he said in his interview with Gwent Police.

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Gwent Police were called to reports of men seen fighting on Commercial Road in the Pill area of the city on Friday 1 August.

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The council thanked residents for cleaning the graffiti, while Gwent Police said the incident had been reported and local officers were making inquiries.

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