Gwent

American  

[gwent] / gwɛnt /

noun

1. a former administrative county in southern Wales.

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Gwent British  

/ ɡwɛnt /

noun

1. a former county of SE Wales: formed in 1974 from most of Monmouthshire and part of Breconshire; replaced in 1996 by Monmouthshire and the county boroughs of Newport, Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent, and part of Caerphilly

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Etymology

Origin of Gwent

From Welsh, from Old Welsh Guent, name of a medieval Welsh kingdom, from Latin Venta (Silurum) “Market Town (of the Silures),” a local Celtic tribe

Example Sentences

Gwent Police bought the four three-wheelers using a Home Office fund to patrol parts of Newport and Abergavenny in 2022, and also to be used as safe spaces where crimes could be reported.

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A Gwent Police spokesperson said while the sale price was lower than anticipated, the amount of money they tried to recoup was outside the force's control.

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In 2022, Gwent Police said it spent £39,744 in total on the four vehicles, or £9,936 per tuk-tuk in response to a BBC Wales Freedom of Information request.

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The allegations mainly related to messages between 2015 and 2019 in two WhatsApp groups that came to light following the death of Gwent Police officer Ricky Jones, who took his own life in 2020.

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The opening of an inquest into her death at Gwent Coroner's Court heard a post mortem examination had given the provisional cause of death as one of multiple injuries.

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