Definition of Canton

noun (n)

• a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port (noun.location)

  Synonym: guangzhou, kuangchou, kwangchow
  

  source: wordnet30
• a small administrative division of a country (noun.location)

  source: wordnet30
• A song or canto (noun)

  source: webster1913
• A small portion; a division; a compartment. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• provide housing for (military personnel) (verb.stative)

  Synonym: billet, quarter
  

  source: wordnet30
• divide into cantons, of a country (verb.social)

  source: wordnet30
• To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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