Trent

• IPA^(key): /tɹɛnt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Koch (2006) derives the river name from Proto-Celtic *tri-sent(o)-on-ā-, from the elements *trei (“through”) + *sentus (“path”). Traditionally said to be from Proto-Brythonic elements equivalent to tros (“over”) + hynt (“way”), often taken to mean "the trespasser"

The surname in some cases is a shortening of "Tranent", or "Tranant" in Scottish Gaelic, a geographical location in East Lothian. "Tranant" itself is possibly of Brythonic (Celtic) origin.

Trent (countable and uncountable, plural Trents)

1. A placename
   1. A river in central England, flowing 298 km (185 mi.) from Staffordshire, through Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Trent to join the Ouse and form the Humber estuary.
   2. A river in Ontario, Canada, which flows into Lake Ontario and forms part of the Trent-Severn Waterway.
   3. A census-designated place in Lane County, Oregon, United States.
2. A topographic surname An English and Scottish surname for someone who lived near any of the rivers of that name.
3. A male given name transferred from the surname.

From Italian Trento.

Trent

1. (less common form) Trento, A city in Italy.

First attested as op de Trent in 1727. Derived from Middle Dutch trent (“round object, disc, circle”).

• IPA^(key): /trɛnt/
• Hyphenation: Trent
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Trent n

1. a hamlet in Maashorst, North Brabant, Netherlands

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN