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Gwent

American

[gwent] / gwɛnt /

noun

a former administrative county in southern Wales.

Gwent British

/ ɡwɛnt /

noun

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

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Gwent

Gwent Police confirmed on Thursday that he had since died.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

Anthony "Tony" Jones, 56, from Brecon suffered life-threatening injuries in an incident to which Gwent Police firearms officers were called in Pontnewynydd, near Pontypool, on Thursday.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

The arrests were made following a disturbance involving a group of men in Pontnewydd, near Pontypool, at about 19:15 on Thursday evening, Gwent Police said.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

The club in Blaenau Gwent supported 330 children and relied on the goodwill of fundraisers, parents and volunteers to raise the money to keep going after the fraud.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

I shall always esteem it as the greatest piece of fortune that has fallen to me, that I was born in that noble, fallen Caerleon-on-Usk, in the heart of Gwent.

From Far Off Things by Arthur Machen

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