Brent

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English[edit]

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The river Brent at Hanwell in London

Etymology[edit]

English surname from placenames in Devon and Somerset, from Old English brant (steep), referring to hills. Compare Brents.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bɹɛnt/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Proper noun[edit]

Brent (countable and uncountable, plural Brents)

  1. A habitational surname from Old English.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of 20th century and later usage.
  3. A placename
    1. A small river in Greater London, England, United Kingdom, which joins the Thames at Brentford.
    2. A London borough in Greater London, England, United Kingdom, created in 1965 from the merger of the boroughs of Wembley and Willesden.

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