Ghent

American

[gent] / gɛnt /

noun

a port in northwestern Belgium, at the confluence of the Scheldt and Lys rivers: treaty 1814.

Ghent British

/ ɡɛnt /

noun

French name: Gand. Flemish name: Gent. an industrial city and port in NW Belgium, capital of East Flanders province, at the confluence of the Rivers Lys and Scheldt: formerly famous for its cloth industry; university (1816). Pop: 229 344 (2004 est)

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Ghent University suspended Cofnas on August 20, 2026, while it conducted an investigation into his actions.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

On Thursday, Cofnas said on X that he had been suspended by the University of Ghent, his employer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

The ministry said it was sending experts to Ghent, Belgium to examine the photos and to talk to a collector of Third Reich memorabilia who had put them on sale on Ebay on Saturday.

From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026

Wales will have a better idea of where they stand in their World Cup qualifying group once Belgium have played North Macedonia in Ghent on Friday night.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025

Von Tschermak had been a graduate student at Halle and in Ghent, where, working on pea hybrids, he had also observed hereditary traits moving independently and discretely, like particles, across generations of hybrids.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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