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English word origin

Etymology of Gwent

Borrowed from Welsh Gwent, from Old Welsh Guent, from Latin Venta Silurum, a Roman colony in Britannia.

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Unnumbered source etymology

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A historical kingdom of Wales, in the south of the country. · A former county of South Wales, renamed in 1974 from Monmouthshire.

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Borrowed from Welsh Gwent, from Old Welsh Guent, from Latin Venta Silurum, a Roman colony in Britannia.

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