Van Gendt is a
Dutch
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* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
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toponymic surname
A toponymic surname or habitational surname or byname is a surname or byname derived from a place name, indicating an origin in the town
Gendt
Gendt is a small city with city rights in the Low Countries, city rights in the Netherlands, in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Gelderland. The town is located in the Betuwe region, and is part of the Municipalities of the Netherlan ...
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Gelderland
Gelderland ( , ), also known as Guelders ( ) in English, is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands, located in the centre-east of the country. With a total area of of which is water, it is the largest province of the Nethe ...
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Gendt, van
at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. People with this name include:
* Dirk-Jan van Gendt (born 1974), Dutch volleyball player
* (1835–1901), Dutch architect
*Twan van Gendt
Twan van Gendt (born 9 June 1992 in 's-Hertogenbosch) is a Dutch racing cyclist who represents the Netherlands in BMX. He was selected to represent the Netherlands at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's BMX event, where he placed 5th in the ...
(born 1992), Dutch racing cyclist
* Willem Eggert van Gendt (1360–1417), Amsterdam noble, banker and magistrate
See also
* Van Gent, Dutch-language surname referring to Ghent
Ghent ( ; ; historically known as ''Gaunt'' in English) is a City status in Belgium, city and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the Provinces of Belgium, province ...
*Van Gend & Loos
Van Gend & Loos was a Dutch distribution company. It was established in 1809, and was purchased by DHL in 2003.
History
Van Gend & Loos was established by the Antwerp-based innkeeper and carriage driver Jan-Baptist van Gend. He had marri ...
, Dutch distribution company established by Jan-Baptist van Gend (1772–1831)
*Gazette van Ghendt
The ''Gazette van Gent'' was a twice-weekly newspaper originally published in Ghent from 1723 to 1809 under the title ''Gazette van Ghendt''. The publisher switched to French in 1809, first under the title ''Gazette de Gand'' and from 1811 as ''Jo ...
, 18th-century newspaper in Ghent
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