Gandavum

Latin

Alternative forms

• Ganda, Gandaus, Gandavus portus, Ganta portus, Gantum, Gantus portus, Genta

Etymology

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Proper noun

Gandavum n sg (genitive Gandavī); second declension

1. Ghent (the largest city and provincial capital of East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Gandavum
genitive	Gandavī
dative	Gandavō
accusative	Gandavum
ablative	Gandavō
vocative	Gandavum
locative	Gandavī

Derived terms

• Gandavensis

References

• Johann Georg Theodor Graesse, Friedrich Benedict, Helmut Plechl (1972) Orbis Latinus: Lexikon lateinischer geographischer Namen des Mittelalters und der Neuzeit (in German), Band II: E–M, Brunswick: Klinkhardt & Biermann, page 125/2