Canadian French Meaning of canton
canton
Other Canadian French words related to canton
No Synonyms and anytonyms found
Nearest Words of canton
- canton crape => Crêpe de canton
- canton crepe => Crêpe de Canton
- canton flannel => Flanelle de coton
- canton ginger => Gingembre Canton
- canton river => Rivière des cantons
- cantonal => cantonal
- cantoned => Cantonné
- cantonese => Cantonais
- cantonese dialect => Dialecte cantonais
- cantoning => cantonnement
Definitions and Meaning of canton in English
canton (n)
a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port
a small administrative division of a country
canton (v)
provide housing for (military personnel)
divide into cantons, of a country
canton (n.)
A song or canto
A small portion; a division; a compartment.
A small community or clan.
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.
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.
canton (v. i.)
To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division.
To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops.
FAQs About the word canton
canton
a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port, a small administrative division of a country, pr
No synonyms found.
No antonyms found.
canto => Chant, cantlet => morceau, cantle => quartiers, cantion => avertissement, cantiniere => Cantinière,
