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Meanings of Ghent in English

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

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        Usage of Ghent in English
        1
        The year afterwards the King led in person the siege of Ghent.
        Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 1...
        2
        Artevelde and the men of Ghent were the real masters of Flanders.
        The History of England / From the Accession of Henry III. to the...
        3
        The principal privileges of Ghent were on this occasion revoked and annulled.
        Holland: The History of the Netherlands
        4
        Describing the burning of Termonde by the Germans, a Ghent correspondent said:
        America's War for Humanity
        5
        Even they could feel the full ignominy of the flight to Ghent.
        Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Volume 15
        6
        The Pacification of Ghent had found the door open to religious toleration.
        The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 27: 1577-78
        7
        Macdonald, the incorruptible, was with the fat-bodied, fat-witted Bourbon King in Ghent.
        The Eagle of the Empire: A Story of Waterloo
        8
        At other times the guildsmen of Bruges fought against those of Ghent.
        Peeps at Many Lands: Belgium
        9
        Before we passed the city limits of Ghent things began to happen.
        Fighting in Flanders
        10
        The party now rode on, and without further interruption arrived at Ghent.
        A March on London: Being a Story of Wat Tyler's Insurrection
        11
        The consequence of this success was their obtaining the possession of Ghent.-D.
        The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1
        12
        It was just at six-thirty that our party started back for Ghent.
        The Log of a Noncombatant
        13
        All kinds of civilians set out towards Brussels and Ghent for refuge.
        America's War for Humanity
        14
        A peculiar thing took place at Ghent while I was staying there.
        The Physiology of Marriage, Part 1
        15
        Thus, then, so long as Ghent chooses she can maintain the war.
        A March on London: Being a Story of Wat Tyler's Insurrection
        16
        Was no more than his due who brought good news from Ghent.
        Our Boys / Entertaining Stories by Popular Authors
        Translations for Ghent
        Portuguese
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