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Trent

1 American  
[trent] / trɛnt /

noun

  1. Ancient Tridentum.  Italian Trento.  a city in northern Italy, on the Adige River.

  2. Council of Trent, the ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church that met at Trent intermittently from 1545 to 1563, and that defined church doctrine and condemned the Reformation.


Trent 2 American  
[trent] / trɛnt /

noun

  1. a river in central England, flowing northeast from Staffordshire to the Humber, 170 miles (275 km) long.


Trent British  
/ trɛnt /

noun

  1. a river in central England, rising in Staffordshire and flowing generally northeast into the Humber: the chief river of the Midlands. Length: 270 km (170 miles)

  2. Also: Trient.  the German name for Trento

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The result confirmed Trent Rockets' place at the top of the standings on 24 points and they go directly into Sunday's final at Lord's.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Just before Owen's loan deal to Portsmouth the couple had bought their first house together in Congleton - a town close to Jessica's family in Stoke on Trent, and commutable to Blackpool.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

"Trent Park is one of a network of intelligence houses, let's call them, the most famous of them being Bletchley Park," museum director Giuseppe Albano told AFP.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

At USC, that affects two members of the 2026 recruiting class — wide receiver Trent Mosley and safety Madden Riordan.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

Nonetheless, Trent was disproportionately popular among Chapel Hill High School’s sophomore class.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram

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