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A maritime county in southeast England bordered by East Sussex, Surrey, Greater London, the North Sea and the English Channel.
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A river in Cumbria, England, which flows into Morecambe Bay at Arnside.
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A hamlet in Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU1310).
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A district municipality of British Columbia, Canada.
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A coastal fishing village in the Western Area Rural District, Sierra Leone.
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A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Elmore County, Alabama.
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A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Pike County, Alabama.
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A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Colusa County, California.
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A number of places in the United States:
The former name of Kentfield, a census-designated place in Marin County, California.
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A number of places in the United States:
A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
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A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Nassau County, Florida.
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A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Stephenson County, Illinois.
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A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Republican Township, Jefferson County, Indiana.
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A number of places in the United States:
A former city and census-designated place in Union County, Iowa, disincorporated in 2003.
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A number of places in the United States:
A tiny city in Wilkin County, Minnesota.
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A number of places in the United States:
A town in Putnam County, New York.
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A number of places in the United States:
A city in Portage County, Ohio.
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A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Sherman County, Oregon.
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A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Culberson County, Texas.
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A number of places in the United States:
A city in King County, Washington, United States; a suburb of Seattle.
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A number of places in the United States:
A neighborhood in northwest Washington, D.C.
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A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Marshall County, West Virginia.
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A surname from Old English derived from the place name.
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A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage.
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A royal dukedom.
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A shepherd's staff.
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Usage: Scotland
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A pole or pike.
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Usage: Scotland
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noun
cunt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: euphemistic, slang
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simple past and past participle of ken
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Usage: form-of, participle, past
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verb
To propel (a boat) using a pole.
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Usage: Scotland
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a county in southeastern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, it was the first to be colonized by the Romans
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Broader terms: county
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United States painter noted for his woodcuts (1882-1971)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Rockwell Kent
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Broader terms: painter
History
Inherited from Middle English Kent, from Old English Cent, from Latin Cantium, from Brythonic *Cantio (compare Old Irish céite (“gathering, folkmoot, hillock”)), from Proto-Celtic *kantos (“corner, rim”).
Perhaps a variant of the verb cant.
Across languages
43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
