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 Definitions of canton  [ˈkæn tn, -tɒn, kænˈtɒn]  

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Definition of 'canton' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) canton
a small territorial district, esp. one of the states of the Swiss confederation.

2.  canton
a division of a French arrondissement.

3.  canton
the dexter chief area of a heraldic field.

4.  canton
Obs. division; part; section.

5. (n.) Canton
a city in NE Ohio: location of the football Hall of Fame. 86,030.


Definition of 'canton' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) Guangzhou, Kuangchou, Kwangchow, Canton
a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port

2. (verb) canton
a small administrative division of a country

3. (verb) quarter, billet, canton
provide housing for (military personnel)

4. (verb) canton
divide into cantons, of a country


Definition of 'canton' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) canton
a song or canto

2. (noun) canton
a small portion; a division; a compartment

3. (noun) canton
a small community or clan

4. (noun) canton
a small territorial district; esp. one of the twenty-two independent states which form the Swiss federal republic; in France, a subdivision of an arrondissement. See Arrondissement

5. (noun) canton
a division of a shield occupying one third part of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top of the shield, meeting a horizontal line from the side

6. (verb) canton
to divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division

7. (verb) canton
to allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops


Definitions of 'canton' The Nuttall Encyclopedia 

1.  canton
chief commercial city and port of Southern China; stands on a river almost on the seaboard, 90 m. NW. of Hong-Kong, and is a healthy town, but with a heavy rainfall; it is surrounded by walls, has narrow crooked streets, 125 temples, mostly Buddhist, and two pagodas, 10 and 13 centuries old respectively; great part of the population live in boats on the river; the fancy goods, silk, porcelain, ivory, and metal work are famous; its river communication with the interior has fostered an extensive commerce; exports, tea, silk, sugar, cassia, &c.



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