a former county of SE Wales: formed in 1974 from most of Monmouthshire and part of Breconshire; replaced in 1996 by Monmouthshire and the county boroughs of Newport, Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent, and part of Caerphilly
Gwent in American English
(gwɛnt)
county in SE Wales, on the Severn estuary: 532 sq mi (1,378 sq km); pop. 442,000