Kent

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biographical name

ˈkent 

Rockwell 1882–1971 American painter and illustrator

Kent

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geographical name

ˈkent 

1

county of southeastern England bordering on the Strait of Dover; one of the kingdoms in the Anglo-Saxon heptarchy; capital Maidstone area 1493 square miles (3867 square kilometers), population 1,463,740

2

city on the Cuyahoga River east-northeast of Akron in northeastern Ohio population 28,904

Note: Kent State University which is located here was the site May 4, 1970 of the shooting deaths of four Vietnam War protesters by National Guard troops.

3

city in western Washington south of Seattle population 92,411

Kentish

ˈken-tish 

adjective