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name
Several places in China:
Guangzhou, the capital and largest city of Guangdong, China.
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Several places in China:
Guangdong, a province of China.
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Several places in China:
The Pearl River, a river in southern China.
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name
A hamlet in Ontario, Canada.
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Several places in the United States:
A former settlement in El Dorado County, California.
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Several places in the United States:
A town in Hartford County, Connecticut.
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Several places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Cherokee County, Georgia.
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Several places in the United States:
A city in Fulton County, Illinois.
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Several places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Washington County, Indiana.
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Several places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Jackson County and Jones County, Iowa.
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Several places in the United States:
A small city in McPherson County, Kansas; named for the city in Ohio.
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Several places in the United States:
A small town in Oxford County, Maine; named for the town in Massachusetts.
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Several places in the United States:
A neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland.
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Several places in the United States:
A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
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Several places in the United States:
A township in Wayne County, Michigan.
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Several places in the United States:
A tiny city in Fillmore County, Minnesota; named for the city in Ohio.
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Several places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Madison County, Mississippi.
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Several places in the United States:
A small city in Lewis County, Missouri; named for the city in Ohio.
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Several places in the United States:
A submerged ghost town in Broadwater County, Montana.
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Several places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Lower Alloways Creek Township, Salem County, New Jersey.
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Several places in the United States:
A town and village in St. Lawrence County, New York; the village is the county seat.
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Several places in the United States:
A town in Haywood County, North Carolina; named for the city in Ohio.
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Several places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Stark County, Ohio.
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Several places in the United States:
A small town in Blaine County, Oklahoma.
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Several places in the United States:
A borough of Bradford County, Pennsylvania; named for the town in Massachusetts.
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Several places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Lincoln County, South Dakota.
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Several places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Van Zandt County, Texas.
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Several places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Doddridge County, West Virginia.
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Several places in the United States:
A small town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin.
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Several places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Barron County, Wisconsin.
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An inner city district and community in Cardiff, Wales (OS grid ref ST1676).
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A topographical surname from French.
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noun
A division of a political unit.
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A division of a political unit.
One of the states comprising the Swiss Confederation.
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A division of a political unit.
An administrative division within a department in France, often being a subdivision of an arrondissement.
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A division of a political unit.
A division of Luxembourg, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, etc.
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A division of a political unit.
A subdivision of a county, of Quebec, Canada; equivalent to a township.
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A small community or clan.
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A subdivision of a flag, the rectangular inset on the upper hoist (i.e., flagpole) side, the upper-left quadrant of a flag, (the stars of the US national flag are in a canton).
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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.
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Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
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A song or canto.
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verb
To delineate as a separate district.
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verb
To divide into cantons.
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To quarter troops by requisitioning housing from the civilian population.
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verb
To be allotted such quarters.
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noun
a small administrative division of a country
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Broader terms: administrative district, administrative division, territorial division
Narrower terms: Swiss canton
noun
a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port
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Synonyms: Guangzhou, Kuangchou, Kwangchow
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Broader terms: city, metropolis, urban center, port
verb
divide into cantons, of a country
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Broader terms: divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up
verb
provide housing for (military personnel)
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Synonyms: quarter, billet
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Broader terms: lodge, accommodate
History
From Portuguese Cantão, from Mandarin 廣東 /广东 (Guǎngdōng). Doublet of Guangdong. Compare Spanish Cantón, French Canton, Italian Canton, Russian Кантон (Kanton). Unrelated to English canton.
The town in Oklahoma was named for a nearby cantonment.
From Canna + -ton, literally “St. Canna's town”.
The surname is of French or Galician origin.
1530s, from Middle French canton, from Old French canton (“corner”); heraldic sense from the 1570s, geographic sense from c. 1600.
Across languages
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