Gwent may refer to:
Places
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Kingdom of Gwent
Gwent ( owl, Guent) was a medieval Welsh kingdom, lying between the Rivers Wye and Usk. It existed from the end of Roman rule in Britain in about the 5th century until the Norman invasion of Wales in the 11th century. Along with its neighbou ...
, 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 successor ...
, 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 successor ...
, 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
Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English citi ...
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 of ...
(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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