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

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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

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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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