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CANTON
canton
(noun) a small administrative division of a country
Guangzhou, Kuangchou, Kwangchow, Canton
(noun) a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port
canton
(verb) divide into cantons, of a country
quarter, billet, canton
(verb) provide housing for (military personnel)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Canton
Several places in China
(dated) Guangzhou, The capital and largest city of Guangdong, China.
(dated) Guangdong, A province of China.
(dated) the Pearl River, A river in southern China.
A hamlet in Ontario, Canada.
Several places in the United States
A former settlement in El Dorado County, California.
A town in Hartford County, Connecticut.
A city, the county seat of Cherokee County, Georgia.
A city in Fulton County, Illinois.
An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Washington County, Indiana.
An unincorporated community in Jackson County,Jones County, Iowa.
A small city in McPherson County, Kansas; named for the city in Ohio.
A small town in Oxford County, Maine; named for the town in Massachusetts.
A neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland.
A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
A township in Wayne County, Michigan.
A tiny city in Fillmore County, Minnesota; named for the city in Ohio.
A city, the county seat of Madison County, Mississippi.
A small city in Lewis County, Missouri; named for the city in Ohio.
A submerged ghost town in Broadwater County, Montana.
An unincorporated community in Lower Alloways Creek Township, Salem County, New Jersey.
A town and village in St. Lawrence County, New York.
A town in Haywood County, North Carolina; named for the city in Ohio.
A city, the county seat of Stark County, Ohio.
A small town in Blaine County, Oklahoma.
A borough in Bradford County, Pennsylvania; named for the town in Massachusetts.
A city, the county seat of Lincoln County, South Dakota.
A city, the county seat of Van Zandt County, Texas.
An unincorporated community in Doddridge County, West Virginia.
A small town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin.
An unincorporated community in Barron County, Wisconsin.
An inner city district and community in Cardiff, Wales (OS grid ref ST1676).
A topographical surname of French or Galician origin.
Anagrams
• Conant, Nacton, cannot, noncat
Etymology 1
Noun
canton (plural cantons)
A division of a political unit.
One of the states comprising the Swiss Confederation.
A subdivision of an arrondissement of France.
A division of Luxembourg, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, etc.
A small community or clan.
A subdivision of a flag, the rectangular inset on the upper hoist (i.e, flagpole) side (e.g, the stars of the US national flag are in a canton).
(heraldiccharge) A division of a shield occupying one third of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.
Verb
canton (third-person singular simple present cantons, present participle cantoning, simple past and past participle cantoned)
(transitive) To delineate as a separate district.
(transitive) To divide into cantons.
(transitive) To allot quarters to troops.
Etymology 2
Noun
canton (plural cantons)
(obsolete) A song or canto.
Anagrams
• Conant, Nacton, cannot, noncat
Source: Wiktionary
Can"ton, n.
Definition: A song or canto [Obs.] Write loyal cantons of contemned love. Shak.
Can"ton, n. Etym: [F. canton, augm. of OF. cant edge, corner. See 1st Cant.]
1. A small portion; a division; a compartment. That little canton of land called the "English pale" Davies. There is another piece of Holbein's, . . . in which, in six several cantons, the several parts of our Savior's passion are represented. Bp. Burnet.
2. A small community or clan.
3. A small territorial district; esp. one of the twenty-two independent states which form the Swiss federal republic; in France, a subdivision of an arrondissement. See Arrondissement.
4. (Her.)
Definition: A division of a shield occupying one third part of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top of the shield, meeting a horizontal line from the side. The king gave us the arms of England to be borne in a canton in our arms. Evelyn.
Can"ton, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cantoned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Cantoning.] Etym: [Cf. F.cantonner.]
1. To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division. They canton out themselves a little Goshen in the intellectual world. Locke.
2. (Mil.)
Definition: To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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