Canton

Can·ton  (kntn)

1. A city of northeast Ohio south-southeast of Akron. It was the home of President William McKinley. Population: 78,900.

2. (kntn, kntn) See Guangzhou.

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can·ton  (kntn, -tn)

n.

1.

a. A small territorial division of a country, especially one of the states of Switzerland.

b. A subdivision of an arrondissement in France.

2. Heraldry A small, square division of a shield, usually in the upper right corner.

3. A usually rectangular division of a flag, occupying the upper corner next to the staff.

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[French, from Old French, from Old Italian cantone, augmentative of canto, corner, from Vulgar Latin *cantus; see cant¹.]

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canton·al (knt-nl, kn-tnl) adj.

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canton

Noun

a political division of a country, such as Switzerland [Old French: corner]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Canton - a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port Guangzhou, Kuangchou, Kwangchow Cathay, China, Communist China, mainland China, People's Republic of China, PRC, Red China - a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world
	2.	canton - a small administrative division of a country administrative district, administrative division, territorial division - a district defined for administrative purposes Swiss canton - one of the cantons of Switzerland
Verb	1.	canton - provide housing for (military personnel) billet, quarter armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" lodge, accommodate - provide housing for; "We are lodging three foreign students this semester"
	2.	canton - divide into cantons, of a country carve up, dissever, divide, split, split up, separate - separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"