Trent

Trent
Trent river in England, from Celtic, perhaps “great wanderer,” in reference to its flooding. The city in Italy (It. Trento) is Roman Tridentum, in reference to the triple-peaked mountain nearby. The great ecumenical council there was from 1543-63.

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  • Trent — is the name of severalPlaces:* Trento in Italy, famous for the Roman Catholic Council of Trent * Trent, Texas, USA * Trent, South Dakota, USA * Trent, Dorset, UK * Trent, Germany, a municipality on the island of Rügen, GermanyRivers:* River Trent …   Wikipedia

  • Trent — • Diocese; suffragan of Salzburg Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Trent     Trent     † Cath …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Trent — bezeichnet folgende Orte: Trent (South Dakota), Kleinstadt im US Bundesstaat South Dakota Trent (Texas), Stadt im US Bundesstaat Texas Trent (Rügen), Gemeinde im Landkreis Vorpommern Rügen Ortsteil der Gemeinde Lehmkuhlen im Kreis Plön in… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Trent — puede referirse a: Gary Trent, un ex jugador de baloncesto de la NBA. Río Trent, uno de los ríos más importantes de Inglaterra. Rolls Royce Trent, una familia de motores a reacción fabricados por Rolls Royce. Rolls Royce Trent (turbohélice), el… …   Wikipedia Español

  • TRENT — TRENT, city in northern Italy. The presence of some Jews in Trent, most of them emigrants from Germany, is mentioned from the first half of the 14th century. The usury regulations of the Jews of Trent served as a model elsewhere in the Tyrol. In… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Trent — Trent, SD U.S. town in South Dakota Population (2000): 254 Housing Units (2000): 111 Land area (2000): 1.008504 sq. miles (2.612012 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.008504 sq. miles (2.612012 sq …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Trent, SD — U.S. town in South Dakota Population (2000): 254 Housing Units (2000): 111 Land area (2000): 1.008504 sq. miles (2.612012 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.008504 sq. miles (2.612012 sq. km) FIPS …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Trent, TX — U.S. town in Texas Population (2000): 318 Housing Units (2000): 150 Land area (2000): 0.409937 sq. miles (1.061731 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.409937 sq. miles (1.061731 sq. km) FIPS code:… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Trent — [trent] 1. commune in N Italy, on the Adige River: pop. 102,000: site of a council ( Council of Trent) of the Roman Catholic Church (held intermittently, 1545 63), that condemned the Reformation, undertook Catholic reform, and defined Catholic… …   English World dictionary

  • Trent — Trent, drittlängster Fluß Englands, entspringt in der Grafsch. Staffordshire, wird bei Burton upon Trent schiffbar, vereinigt sich bei Burton on Strather mit dem Ouse zum Ästuar des Humber, 240 km lg.; Stromgebiet 10.296 qkm; bedeutendster Zufluß …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Trent — /trent/, n. 1. Italian, Trento. Ancient, Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River. 98,006. 2. Council of, the ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church that met at Trent intermittently from 1545 to 1563, and defined church doctrine… …   Universalium

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