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cantão — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • block noun A solid piece of a hard material, usually with flat sides.
  • canton noun A political or administrative division of a country, such as one of the states of Switzerland.
  • Guangdong noun A large, densely populated province on the southern coast of China, capital Guangzhou.
  • Guangzhou noun A large port city in southern China, capital of Guangdong province.

Senses

cantão is used for these senses in English:

  • Canton Guangzhou, the capital and largest city of Guangdong, China.
  • Guangdong A populous province of China, located on the southern coast. Capital: Guangzhou.
  • Guangzhou A major prefecture-level city and port, the capital and largest city of Guangdong, in southeastern China.
  • block (rail) A section of a railroad where the block system is used.

block — full definition

  1. noun A solid piece of a hard material, usually with flat sides.
  2. noun A section of a city bounded by streets, or the distance along one such section.
  3. noun Something that stops progress or prevents access.
  4. verb To obstruct or prevent something from passing or happening.
  5. verb To stop someone from contacting you online.

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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