canton

Etymology 1
1530s, from, from ; heraldic sense from the 1570s, geographic sense from c. 1600.

Pronunciation

 * (especially in the flag sense)
 * (especially in the flag sense)

Noun

 * 1)  A division of a political unit.
 * 2) * 1912, Joseph McCabe (translator), We Must Take Sides; or, The Principle of Action (originally by )
 * These three millions live in a small canton of Egypt which cannot maintain twenty thousand people
 * 1) * 20 May, 1686,, letter from Nimmengen
 * "en"

- There is another piece of Holbein's, in which, in six several cantons, the several parts of our Saviour's passion are represented.


 * 1)  One of the states comprising the Swiss Confederation.
 * 2) A subdivision of an arrondissement of France.
 * 3) A division of Luxembourg, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, etc.
 * 4)  A subdivision of a county, of Quebec, Canada; equivalent to a township.
 * 5) A small community or clan.
 * 6) 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).
 * 7)   A division of a shield occupying one third of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Hijazi Arabic: كانتون
 * Armenian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: kanton
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: კანტონი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: קנטון (qant'on)
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: kantóna
 * Irish: cantún
 * Italian: ,
 * Korean: 주(州)
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian: канто́н
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romansch: chantun, cantun , cantùn , cantung
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tatar: кантун
 * Turkish:


 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Korean: 주(州)
 * Macedonian: канто́н
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * Georgian: კანტონი
 * German:
 * Icelandic: kantóna
 * Irish: cantún
 * Korean: 주(州)
 * Luxembourgish: Kanton
 * Macedonian: канто́н
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Irish: cantún
 * Korean: 주(州)
 * Macedonian: канто́н
 * Portuguese:


 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Irish: cantún
 * Korean: 주(州)
 * Macedonian: канто́н
 * Portuguese:
 * Swedish:


 * Macedonian: канто́н
 * Manx: kerrin
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Catalan:
 * Dutch: vrijkwartier
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Freiviertel
 * Irish: cúinneán
 * Italian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Verb

 * 1)  To delineate as a separate district.
 * 2)  To divide into cantons.
 * 3)  To quarter troops by requisitioning housing from the civilian population.
 * 4) * 1854, O. F. Winship, E. E. McLean (translators), Summary of the Art of War (originally by )
 * To the end of husbanding the supplies, he will cause to be cantoned in the cities and villages the greatest possible numbers of troops
 * 1)  To be allotted such quarters.
 * 2) * 1854, O. F. Winship, E. E. McLean (translators), Summary of the Art of War (originally by )
 * An army, falling back upon its lines of magazines, may [...] make its retreat with more security than one which has to canton, to subsist, and to extend itself to find cantonments.

Noun

 * 1)  A song or canto.

Etymology
, from (from the 1240s), from  (recorded before 1218), adopted in Occitan from North Italian (Gallo-Italic, early ), ultimately representing  with the addition of the  (accusative ) suffix  forming augmentatives in Romance.

Noun

 * 1)  of Switzerland, France or Luxembourg
 * 2) township of Canada

Etymology
From Gallo-Italic. From canto +. Related to Latin.

Noun

 * 1) corner
 * 2) canton

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) corner