"Brent" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /bɹɛnt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Brent.wav [Southern-England] Forms: Brents [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛnt Etymology: English surname from placenames in Devon and Somerset, from Old English brant (“steep”), referring to hills. Compare Brents. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|brant|t=steep}} Old English brant (“steep”), {{m|en|Brents}} Brents Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~}} Brent (countable and uncountable, plural Brents)
  1. A habitational surname from Old English. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Boroughs in England
    Sense id: en-Brent-en-name-zLJicHqr Disambiguation of Boroughs in England: 11 10 39 40 Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 11 32 32
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of 20th century and later usage. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names Derived forms: Brent Cross, Brentford, Brentham, Brentism, Brent Knoll, East Brent, South Brent
    Sense id: en-Brent-en-name-omE5bSbj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 11 32 32
  3. A placename
    A small river in Greater London, England, United Kingdom, which joins the Thames at Brentford.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in England, Places in Greater London, England, Rivers in England, Rivers in Greater London, England, Boroughs in England
    Sense id: en-Brent-en-name-NwliRGHI Disambiguation of Boroughs in England: 11 10 39 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 11 32 32
  4. A placename
    A London borough in Greater London, England, United Kingdom, created in 1965 from the merger of the boroughs of Wembley and Willesden.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Districts of England, Districts of Greater London, England, Places in England, Places in Greater London, England, Boroughs in England
    Sense id: en-Brent-en-name--kaJncRv Disambiguation of Boroughs in England: 11 10 39 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 11 32 32

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