Gent is a shortened form of the word

gentleman ''Gentleman'' (Old French: ''gentilz hom'', gentle + man; abbreviated ''gent.'') is a term for a chivalrous, courteous, or honorable man. Originally, ''gentleman'' was the lowest rank of the landed gentry of England, ranking below an esquire ...

. It may also refer to: *

Ghent Ghent ( ; ; historically known as ''Gaunt'' in English) is a City status in Belgium, city and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the Provinces of Belgium, province ...

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Dutch Dutch or Nederlands commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands ** Dutch people as an ethnic group () ** Dutch nationality law, history and regulations of Dutch citizenship () ** Dutch language () * In specific terms, i ...

: Gent), a Belgian city **

K.A.A. Gent Koninklijke Atletiek Associatie Gent (; English: ''Royal Athletic Association Ghent''), often simply known as Gent or by their nickname ' (), is a Belgian professional sports club, based in the city of Ghent, East Flanders. Their football tea ...

, a football club from Ghent **

K.R.C. Gent Koninklijke Racing Club Gent is a Belgian association football club from the city of Ghent, East Flanders. It is currently playing in the Promotion A, i.e. the fourth level in the Belgian football league system. The club underwent 5 merges an ...

, a football club from Ghent **

Gent RFC Gent RFC is a Belgian rugby club in Ghent. Former IOC president Jacques Rogge Jacques Jean Marie, Count Rogge (, ; 2 May 1942 – 29 August 2021) was a Belgian sports administrator, former athlete, and physician, who served as the eighth ...

, a rugby club in Ghent ** .gent, a GeoTLD (top-level domain) for the city of Ghent *

Gent (hyperelastic model) The Alan N. Gent, Gent hyperelastic material model is a phenomenological model of rubber elasticity that is based on the concept of limiting chain extensibility. In this model, the strain energy density function is designed such that it has a ma ...

, rubber elasticity model *

Gent Cakaj Gent Cakaj (born 6 July 1990) is a Kosovo-born Albanian politician, who served as the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania from 2019–2020. Biography He is the son of Shkëlzen Cakaj, a scientist born in Gjakova, at the time SAP Kosov ...

(born 1990), Albanian politician *

Gent Strazimiri Gent Hysen Strazimiri (, born 6 October 1972) was a member of the Assembly of the Republic of Albania for the Democratic Party of Albania (DP). He was Deputy Minister of Interior Affairs from 2007 to 2009. Strazimiri is also member of the commit ...

(born 1972), Albanian politician and former Deputy Minister of Interior Affairs *

Gent (surname) Gent may refer to: * Alan Neville Gent (1927–2012), English physicist * Billy Gent (1879–1957), Australian rules footballer * Chris Gent (born 1948), British businessman * Don Gent (1933–1996), Australian rules footballer * Edward Gent (189 ...

* ''Gent'' (magazine), a defunct pornographic magazine *

Honeywell Gent Honeywell Gent, formerly Gents' of Leicester, is a British manufacturer of life safety equipment based in Leicester, England. Established by John Thomas Gent, the company is thought to have started in 1872 however it could have been trading as ea ...

, a brand of fire alarm systems previously known as Gents' of Leicester

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