Definition of Cantonment. Meaning of Cantonment. Synonyms of Cantonment

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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...
- Sherpur Cantonment, or the British Cemetery, is located in Kabul, Afghanistan. The area was a British military camp or cantonment and the site of the...
- Palaly Cantonment is a Sri Lanka Army cantonment located in Palaly, Northern Province of Sri Lanka, and the largest on the Jaffna Peninsula. The base...
- Cantonment is an unincorporated community in Escambia County, Florida. Once considered an isolated, rural community, it has rapidly expanded with residential...
- 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...
- Rajshahi Cantonment is the Bangladeshi military cantonment in Rajshahi. It is the home of the Bangladesh Infantry Regimental Centre. Bangladesh Infantry...
- Balochistan province of ****stan. Khuzdar Cantonment Loralai Cantonment Ormara Cantonment Zhob Cantonment "Quetta Cantonment". Quetta Cantonment, Geody v t e...
- Postogola Cantonment is a cantonment in Dhaka, Bangladesh. In 2013, the Dhaka District Commissioner leased 27 acres of the banks of Buriganga River violating...
- Majhira Cantonment, also known historically as Bogra Cantonment, is a cantonment about 10 kilometers south of Bogura city in northern Bangladesh. It is...