Word: Canton
How to pronounce: ˈkæntɒn
Noun
Definitions:
1. A subdivision of a country established for political or administrative purposes.
Example sentences: "They rejected the possibility of dividing the country into cantons"
2. A square charge smaller than a quarter and positioned in the upper (usually dexter) corner of a shield.
Example sentences: "All of them included a St George's cross, sometimes overall but mostly in the upper, inner quarter - the canton as it is known in heraldry."
Proper noun
Definitions:
1. An industrial city in northeastern Ohio; population 78,362 (est. 2008). The Professional Football Hall of Fame is here.
Synonyms:
guangzhou
billet
Derivations:
cantonal
cantoned
cantonment
Cantonese
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Spanish: Canton
German: Kanton
French: Canton
Italian: Cantone
Turkish: Kanton
