Ghent

[gent]

Ghent

[gent]
noun
a port in NW Belgium, at the confluence of the Scheldt and Lys rivers: treaty 1814. 142,551.
French, Gand.
Flemish, Gent.

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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East Flanders

noun
a province in W Belgium. 1,325,419; 1150 sq. mi. (2980 sq. km). Capital: Ghent.
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Ghent (ɡɛnt)
 
n
Flemish name: Gent, French name: Gand 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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