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Canton — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • canton noun A political or administrative division of a country, such as one of the states of Switzerland.
  • Guangzhou noun A large port city in southern China, capital of Guangdong province.

Senses

Canton is used for these senses in English:

  • Guangzhou A major prefecture-level city and port, the capital and largest city of Guangdong, in southeastern China.
  • canton A division of Luxembourg, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, etc.

canton — full definition

  1. noun A political or administrative division of a country, such as one of the states of Switzerland.
  2. verb To divide a region into cantons, or to house troops by requisitioning local lodging.

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