German Meaning of canton

Kanton

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Definitions and Meaning of canton in English

Wordnet

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

Wordnet

canton (v)

provide housing for (military personnel)

divide into cantons, of a country

Webster

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.

Webster

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

Kanton

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

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canto => Kant, cantlet => Stückchen, cantle => Hinterzeug, cantion => Warnung, cantiniere => Kantinenfrau,