Definition of CANTON. Meaning of CANTON. Synonyms of CANTON

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word CANTON. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word CANTON and, of course, CANTON synonyms and on the right images related to the word CANTON.

Definition of CANTON

Canton
Canton Can"ton, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cantoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Cantoning.] [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.) To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops.
Canton
Canton Can"ton, n. A song or canto [Obs.] Write loyal cantons of contemned love. --Shak.

Meaning of CANTON from wikipedia

- Look up canton or Canton in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Canton may refer to: Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division...
- The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the Swiss Confederation. The nucleus of the Swiss Confederacy in the form of the first three confederate...
- Guangzhou, previously romanized as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River...
- The cantons of France (French pronunciation: [kɑ̃tɔ̃] ) are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's departments and arrondis****ts. Apart from...
- The canton of Bern, or Berne (German: Kanton Bern; French: canton de Berne; Romansh: Chantun Berna; Italian: Canton Berna), is one of the 26 cantons forming...
- The canton of Zurich is an administrative unit (canton) of Switzerland, situated in the northeastern part of the country. With a po****tion of 1,553,423...
- Canton (/ˈkæntən/) is a city in and the county seat of Stark County, Ohio, United States. It is located approximately 60 miles (97 km) south of Cleveland...
- Canton Township is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania: Canton Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania Canton Township, Washington...
- [ɡraʊˈbʏndn̩] ), more formally the Canton of the Grisons or the Canton of Graubünden, is one of the twenty-six cantons of Switzerland. It has eleven districts...
- The canton of Zug or Zoug (German: Kanton Zug, Standard German: [tsuːk] , Alemannic German: [tsuːɡ̊]; Romansh: Chantun Zug; French: Canton de Zoug; Italian:...