GHENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ghent mean? 

• GHENT (noun)
  The noun GHENT has 1 sense:

1. port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center; famous for cloth industry

  Familiarity information: GHENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GHENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center; famous for cloth industry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Gand; Gent; Ghent

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

Holonyms ("Ghent" is a part of...):

Belgique; Belgium; Kingdom of Belgium (a monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

 Context examples 

Researchers at Belgium’s Ghent University have developed a process that turns grass into biofuel.

(Will We Soon Drive on ‘Grassoline’?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)