Gwent may refer to:
Places
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Kingdom of Gwent, a post-Roman Welsh kingdom or principality which existed in various forms between about the 5th and 11th centuries, although the name continued in use later
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Gwent (preserved county)
Gwent is a preserved county and former local government county in southeast Wales. A county of Gwent was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972; it was named after the ancient Kingdom of Gwent. The authority was a success ...
, a preserved county in Wales
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Gwent (former administrative county)
Gwent is a preserved county and former local government county in southeast Wales. A county of Gwent was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972; it was named after the ancient Kingdom of Gwent. The authority was a success ...
, a Welsh local authority between 1974 and 1996
**The operational area of
Gwent Police
*Gwent, a Celtic region which at one time covered part of modern-day
Hampshire in England
People
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Gwilym Gwent
Gwilym Gwent (born William Aubrey Williams on November 28, 1834 and died on July 3, 1891), was a Welsh-born composer who immigrated in mid-life to the United States.
Early life
William Aubrey Williams was born at Tredegar in 1834, where as a boy ...
, adopted name of Welsh-born American composer William Aubrey Williams (1834–1891)
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Richard Gwent
Dr Richard Gwent (died 1543) was a senior ecclesiastical jurist, pluralist cleric and administrator through the period of the Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII. Of south Welsh origins, as a Doctor of both laws in the University ...
(died 1543), a chaplain of King Henry VIII and official in the Church of England
Other uses
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Coleg Gwent, a further education college in Wales
*A card game in ''
The Witcher'' novels by Andrzej Sapkowski
** A card game in the 2015 video game ''
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt''
** ''
Gwent: The Witcher Card Game'', a 2018 video game based on the card game
See also
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