Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Ghent
Ghent, proper n. [Dutch prob.< Celtic gant, confluence.]
City in Flanders, Belgium; important location in the Middle Ages; location of the Belfry of Ghent, a tower 91 meters high; death place of the ill-fated hero in Sir Henry Taylor's Philip can Artevelde.
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