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Definition of Canton
1. Verb. Provide housing for (military personnel).
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Generic synonyms: Accommodate, Lodge
Derivative terms: Billet, Cantonment, Quartering, Quarters
2. Noun. A city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port.
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center, Port
Group relationships: Cathay, China, Communist China, Mainland China, People's Republic Of China, Prc, Red China
3. Verb. Divide into cantons, of a country.
4. Noun. A small administrative division of a country.
Specialized synonyms: Swiss Canton
Definition of Canton
1. n. A song or canto
2. n. A small portion; a division; a compartment.
3. v. i. To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division.
Definition of Canton
1. Proper noun. An alternative (former) name for Guangzhou in China. ¹
2. Proper noun. An alternative (former) name for Guangdong in China. ¹
3. Proper noun. (surname topographical from=French dot=) of French or Galician derivation. ¹
4. Noun. A division of a political unit ¹
5. Noun. A subdivision of a flag, the rectangular inset on the upper hoist (i.e., flagpole) side (e.g., the stars of the US national flag are in a canton). ¹
6. Verb. To delineate as a separate district. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Canton
1. to divide into cantons (districts) [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canton
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