Trent
Encyclopedia
Places
- TrentoTrentoTrento is an Italian city located in the Adige River valley in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It is the capital of Trentino...
in northern Italy, site of the Council of Trent - Trent, DorsetTrent, DorsetTrent is a village in north west Dorset, England, situated in the Yeo valley four miles north west of Sherborne and four miles north east of Yeovil. It was formerly in Somerset...
, England, United Kingdom - Trent, GermanyTrent, GermanyTrent is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Rügen district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.-External links:*...
, a municipality on the island of Rügen - Trent, CaliforniaTrent, CaliforniaTrent is an unincorporated community in Merced County, California. It is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad northwest of Los Banos, at an elevation of 121 feet ....
, USA - Trent, KentuckyTrent, KentuckyTrent is an unincorporated community in Wolfe County, Kentucky, United States. It lies along Route 191 northeast of the city of Campton, the county seat of Wolfe County. Its elevation is 1,030 feet ....
, USA - Trent, South DakotaTrent, South DakotaTrent is a town in Moody County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 232 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Trent is located at , along the Big Sioux River....
, USA - Trent, TexasTrent, TexasTrent is a town in Taylor County, Texas, United States. The population was 318 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Abilene, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Trent is located at ....
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The word Trent also appears in the following place names:
- Trent ParkTrent ParkTrent Park is a country park, formerly the grounds of a mansion house which currently forms the Trent Park campus of Middlesex University in the north of London, United Kingdom...
, a country house and park in northern London - TrenthamTrenthamTrentham is the most populous suburb of Upper Hutt, a city in the Wellington region of New Zealand. The suburb is located in a widening of the Hutt Valley, five kilometres to the southwest of the Upper Hutt city centre....
, United Kingdom - Trentham, New Zealand
- Trentham, VictoriaTrentham, VictoriaTrentham is a small town in the Shire of Hepburn and Shire of Moorabool Local government area, Victoria, Australia. At the 2006 census, Trentham had a population of 629.Located at an altitude of , the town is north-west of Melbourne.-History:...
, Australia - Trenton, Nova ScotiaTrenton, Nova ScotiaTrenton is a town located in Pictou County, Nova Scotia.Trenton is situated on the east bank of the East River of Pictou, adjacent to and immediately north of the larger town of New Glasgow.- Economy :...
, Canada - Trenton, New JerseyTrenton, New JerseyTrenton is the capital of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the county seat of Mercer County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Trenton had a population of 84,913...
, USA - Stoke-on-TrentStoke-on-TrentStoke-on-Trent , also called The Potteries is a city in Staffordshire, England, which forms a linear conurbation almost 12 miles long, with an area of . Together with the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme Stoke forms The Potteries Urban Area...
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Rivers
- River TrentRiver TrentThe River Trent is one of the major rivers of England. Its source is in Staffordshire on the southern edge of Biddulph Moor. It flows through the Midlands until it joins the River Ouse at Trent Falls to form the Humber Estuary, which empties into the North Sea below Hull and Immingham.The Trent...
in England - Trent River (Ontario)Trent River (Ontario)The Trent River is a river in southeastern Ontario which flows from Rice Lake to empty into the Bay of Quinte on Lake Ontario. This river is part of the Trent-Severn Waterway which leads to Georgian Bay. The river is 90 km long...
in Ontario, Canada - Trent River (North Carolina) in North Carolina, United States
- Trent River (New Zealand) in New Zealand
- Trent River (Vancouver Island) on the eastern side of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
People
First name- Trent Whiskeyjack, Canadian Pornstar
- Trent DilferTrent DilferTrent Farris Dilfer is a former football quarterback in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers sixth overall in the 1994 NFL Draft and went on to play for the Baltimore Ravens, Seattle Seahawks, Cleveland Browns and San Francisco 49ers. He played college football...
, American football quarterback - Trent EdwardsTrent EdwardsTrent Edwards is an American football quarterback who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League in the third round of the 2007 NFL Draft...
, American football quarterback for the Buffalo Bills - Trent GreenTrent GreenTrent Jason Green is a retired professional American football quarterback. He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the eighth round of the 1993 NFL Draft. He played college football at Indiana University....
, American football quarterback for the St. Louis Rams - Trent HunterTrent HunterTrent Hunter is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger, who currently plays for the Los Angeles Kings. He has previously played with the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League. On September 14, 2011 it was announced that Hunter would sign a professional tryout contract with the...
, ice hockey player in the National Hockey League - Trent KlasnaTrent KlasnaTrent Klasna is an American professional road bicycle racer from Lantana, Florida. He was a professional from 1994 to 2004.-Career:199719982000...
, American road bicycle racer - Trent LottTrent LottChester Trent Lott, Sr. , is a former United States Senator from Mississippi and has served in numerous leadership positions in the House of Representatives and the Senate....
, U.S. Senator from Mississippi - Trent ReznorTrent ReznorMichael Trent Reznor is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, record producer, and leader of industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails. Reznor is also a member of How to Destroy Angels alongside his wife, Mariqueen Maandig, and Atticus Ross. He was previously associated with bands Option 30,...
, frontman of Nine Inch Nails - Trent TomlinsonTrent TomlinsonTrent Tomlinson is an American country music artist. After several failed attempts at finding a record deal, Tomlinson was signed to Lyric Street Records in 2005, with his debut album Country Is My Rock, released in early 2006. This album produced three Top 40 singles on the U.S...
, American country artist - Trent WillmonTrent WillmonTrent Willmon is an American country music artist. Active since 1998 as a songwriter in Nashville, Tennessee, Willmon was signed to Columbia Records in 2004. He released two albums for the label and charted six singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts before exiting Columbia in 2006...
, American country artist and songwriter - Trent HarrisTrent HarrisTrent Harris is an independent filmmaker based in Salt Lake City, Utah. He wrote and directed the offbeat 1991 comedy Rubin and Ed, in which Crispin Glover and Howard Hesseman wander the desert looking for a suitable place to bury a frozen cat. In 2001 he released The Beaver Trilogy, a...
, American soldier - Trent ColeTrent Cole-2005:Cole was selected in the fifth round of the 2005 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles with the draft pick acquired from the Washington Redskins for wide receiver James Thrash. He signed a 4-year contract before his rookie season....
, American Football Defensive End for the Philadelphia Eagles
Surname
- Derek TrentDerek TrentDerek Trent is an American retired competitive skater pair skater. He competed for most of his career with Tiffany Vise. On November 17, 2007, Vise and Trent landed the first clean throw quadruple salchow jump in international competition...
, American figure skater - John TrentJohn TrentDr. John Trent is an award winning author of marriage and family books such as The Blessing. He is the creator of the Lion, Otter, Golden Retriever, and Beaver way of looking at personalities. He is the President of StrongFamilies.com and the Center for StrongFamilies both are organizations...
, US writer and president of Strong Families - Gary TrentGary TrentGary Dajaun Trent is an American retired professional basketball player.Trent played his high school basketball at Hamilton Township High School in Columbus, Ohio...
, American basketball player
Title of nobility
- Baron TrentBaron TrentBaron Trent, of Nottingham in the County of Nottingham, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 18 March 1929 for the a businessman and philanthropist Sir Jesse Boot, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a Baronet, of Nottingham in the County of Nottingham, in the...
, United Kingdom
Fictional
- Trent Lane, a character in the MTV cartoon show Daria
- Trent, one of the 38 contestants on Total Drama
- Nell Trent, heroine of Charles Dickens' The Old Curiosity ShopThe Old Curiosity ShopThe Old Curiosity Shop is a novel by Charles Dickens. The plot follows the life of Nell Trent and her grandfather, both residents of The Old Curiosity Shop in London....
- Trent Easton, a character in the video game franchise Perfect DarkPerfect Dark (series)Perfect Dark is a science fiction video game franchise created and developed by Rare. The series debuted with the Nintendo 64 video game Perfect Dark in 2000, which received strong acclaim from critics and players, leading to the franchise's expansion. In 2002, Rare was acquired by Microsoft Game...
- Trent, one of the Magicians of Xanth
Other uses
- Council of TrentCouncil of TrentThe Council of Trent was the 16th-century Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church. It is considered to be one of the Church's most important councils. It convened in Trent between December 13, 1545, and December 4, 1563 in twenty-five sessions for three periods...
, the Catholic council held in response to the Protestant Reformation - Rolls-Royce TrentRolls-Royce TrentRolls-Royce Trent is the name given to a family of high bypass turbofan aircraft engines manufactured by Rolls-Royce plc. All are developments of the RB211 with thrust ratings of . Versions of the Trent are in service on the Airbus A330, A340, A380, Boeing 777, and 787, and variants are in...
, a jet engine family manufactured by Rolls-Royce plc - Trent class lifeboatTrent class lifeboatThe Trent class lifeboat is an all-weather lifeboat operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution from 30 stations around the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland to provide coverage up to out to sea...
used by the RNLI in the UK - RMS TrentRMS TrentRMS Trent was a British Royal Mail paddle steamer built in 1841 by William Pitcher of Northfleet for the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. She measured 1,856 gross tons and could carry 60 passengers....
, a British steamship involved in the Trent Affair during the US Civil War - Trent UniversityTrent UniversityTrent University is a liberal arts and science-oriented institution located along the Otonabee River in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.The enabling legislation is the Trent University Act, 1962-63. The University was founded through the efforts of a citizens' committee interested in creating a...
, a university located in Peterborough, Ontario - Nottingham Trent UniversityNottingham Trent UniversityNottingham Trent University is a public teaching and research university in Nottingham, United Kingdom. It was founded as a new university in 1992 from the existing Trent Polytechnic , however it can trace its roots back to 1843 with the establishment of the Nottingham Government School of Design...
, a university in Nottingham, UK, formerly Trent Polytechnic - Trent, an Alice and BobAlice and BobThe names Alice and Bob are commonly used placeholder names for archetypal characters in fields such as cryptography and physics. The names are used for convenience; for example, "Alice sends a message to Bob encrypted with his public key" is easier to follow than "Party A sends a message to Party...
placeholder used in cryptography, referring to a trusted arbitrator or third party - Trent AffairTrent affairThe Trent Affair, also known as the Mason and Slidell Affair, was an international diplomatic incident that occurred during the American Civil War...
, an incident in 1861 during the US Civil War - Trent railway stationTrent railway stationTrent railway station was situated near Long Eaton in Derbyshire at the junction of the Midland Railway line from London to Derby and Nottingham...
, a closed British railway station - Trent (Westside)Trent (Westside)Trent is the retail arm of the Tata group. Started in 1998, Trent operates Westside, one of the many growing retail chains in India based in Mumbai, Maharashtra.-History:...
, the retail arm of Tata group - Trent Accreditation SchemeTrent Accreditation SchemeThe Trent Accreditation Scheme , , was a British accreditation scheme formed with a mission to maintain and continually evaluate standards of quality, especially in health care delivery, through the surveying and accreditation of health care organisations, especially...
, an international healthcare accreditation scheme headquartered in Sheffield, UK, in the former UK NHS Trent Region