Kent

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biographical name

ˈkent

Rockwell 1882–1971 American painter and illustrator

Kent

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geographical name

ˈkent

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

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.

city in western Washington south of Seattle population 92,411

Kentish

ˈken-tish

adjective