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Definition of CANTONMENT

Cantonment
Cantonment Can"ton*ment, n. [Cf. F. cantonnement.] A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters; temporary shelter or place of rest for an army; quarters. Note: When troops are sheltered in huts or quartered in the houses of the people during any suspension of hostilities, they are said to be in cantonment, or to be cantoned. In India, permanent military stations, or military towns, are termed cantonments.

Meaning of CANTONMENT from wikipedia

- A cantonment (/kænˈtɒnmənt/, /kænˈtoʊnmənt/, or UK: /kænˈtuːnmənt/) is a military quarters. In India and other parts of South Asia, a cantonment refers...
- Dhaka Cantonment (Bengali: ঢাকা সেনানিবাস) is a cantonment located in the northern part of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The headquarters of the Bangladesh Army and...
- Cantonment (ISO: Dillī Chāvanī; po****rly referred to as Delhi Cantt) is a class I Cantonment Board established in 1914. The area of the Cantonment is...
- Cantonment is an unincorporated community in Escambia County, Florida. Once considered an isolated, rural community, it has rapidly expanded with residential...
- Chandimandir Cantonment is a military cantonment of the Indian Army located in Panchkula district at the foot of the Sivalik Hills adjoining Panchkula...
- Ambala Cantonment is a cantonment town in Ambala district in the state of Haryana, India. It is 200 km north of Delhi and 55 km southwest of Chandigarh...
- Alikadam Cantonment (Bengali: আলীকদম সেনানিবাস) is a cantonment located outside of Bandarban. The 24th Infantry Division had jurdristriction over the cantonment...
- / 11.355529°N 76.7825328°E / 11.355529; 76.7825328 Wellington is a cantonment town in the Coonoor sub-Division of Nilgiris District of Tamil Nadu. One...
- Saidpur Cantonment is the Bangladeshi military cantonment in Saidpur, Nilphamari District, Bangladesh. It functions under the area command of Rangpur...
- Jahanabad Cantonment is a Bangladeshi military cantonment in Khulna, Bangladesh. Army Service Corps Centre and School (ASC&S) RVFC Records office Branch...