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 type of military base. In South Asia, a cantonment refers to a permanent military...
- Cantonments in ****stan (Urdu: چھاؤنی، پاکستان) are permanent military bases of the ****stan Army, which are administered by Cantonment Boards under the...
- Dhaka Cantonment (Bengali: ঢাকা সেনানিবাস) is a cantonment located in the northern part of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The headquarters of the Bangladesh Army and...
- Jahangirabad Cantonment, Bogura Jalalabad Cantonment, Sylhet Jamuna Cantonment, Tangail Jas**** Cantonment Kaptai Cantonment, Rangamati Khagrachari Cantonment Kholahati...
- Sanjwal Cantonment is a cantonment town in Attock district, Punjab province, ****stan. Many workers from the ****stan Ordnance Factories (POF) reside in...
- 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...
- 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...
- Savar Cantonment Board Chittagong Cantonment Board Jessore Cantonment Board Bogra Cantonment Board Gazipur Cantonment Board Rangpur Cantonment Board Saidpur...
- Bellary Cantonment, was a cantonment area in Madras Presidency in the British Raj. Bellary, today in Karnataka, came under British administration in 1800...
- contained large cantonments of the former British Indian Army, with Meerut and Ramgarh being two of the most important cantonments in Northern India...