canton

Meanings

1. A division of a political unit.
2. One of the states comprising the Swiss Confederation.
3. An administrative division within a department in France, often being a subdivision of an arrondissement.
4. A division of Luxembourg, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, etc.
5. A subdivision of a county, of Quebec, Canada; equivalent to a township.
6. A small community or clan.
7. A subdivision of a flag, the rectangular inset on the upper hoist (i.e., flagpole) side, the upper-left quadrant of a flag, (the stars of the US national flag are in a canton).
8. 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.

1. To delineate as a separate district.
2. To divide into cantons.
3. To quarter troops by requisitioning housing from the civilian population.
4. To be allotted such quarters.

1. A song or canto.

1. Several places in China:
2. Guangzhou, the capital and largest city of Guangdong, China.
3. Guangdong, a province of China.
4. The Pearl River, a river in southern China.

1. A hamlet in Ontario, Canada.
2. Several places in the United States:
3. A former settlement in El Dorado County, California.
4. A town in Hartford County, Connecticut.
5. A city, the county seat of Cherokee County, Georgia.
6. A city in Fulton County, Illinois.
7. An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Washington County, Indiana.
8. An unincorporated community in Jackson County and Jones County, Iowa.
9. A small city in McPherson County, Kansas; named for the city in Ohio.
10. A small town in Oxford County, Maine; named for the town in Massachusetts.
11. A neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland.
12. A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

1. An inner city district and community in Cardiff, Wales (OS grid ref ST1676).

1. A topographical surname from French.

Etymology

1530s, from Middle French canton, from Old French canton (“corner”); heraldic sense from the 1570s, geographic sense from c. 1600.

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