Canton word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "canton" word
[noun] a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; a major deep-water port
[verb] divide into cantons, of a country
[verb] provide housing for, of military personnel
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\Can"ton\, n. [F. canton, augm. of OF. cant edge, corner. See 1st {Cant}.] 1. A small portion; a division; a compartment. That little canton of land called the ``English pale'' --Davies. There is another piece of Holbein's, . . . in which, in six several cantons, the several parts of our Savior's passion are represented. --Bp. Burnet. 2. A small community or clan. 3. A small territorial district; esp. one of the twenty-two independent states which form the Swiss federal republic; in France, a subdivision of an arrondissement. See {Arrondissement}. 4. (Her.) A division of a shield occupying one third part of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top of the shield, meeting a horizontal line from the side. The king gave us the arms of England to be borne in a canton in our arms. --Evelyn.
\Can"ton\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cantoned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cantoning}.] [Cf. F. cantonner.] 1. To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division. They canton out themselves a little Goshen in the intellectual world. --Locke. 2. (Mil.) To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops.
Synonyms for canton
billet, Guangzhou, Kuangchou, Kwangchow, quarter
See also: accommodate | administrative district | administrative division | carve up | China | city | Communist China | dissever | divide | lodge | mainland China | metropolis | People's Republic of China | PRC | Red China | separate | split | split up | Swiss canton | territorial division | urban center |
Related terms: annulet, arms, blazonry, charge, crescent, cross moline, diocese, electorate, erminites, fess, field, file, fleur-de-lis, fret, martlet, pale, principality, purpure, tenne, territory, tressure, vert
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Let's analyse "canton" as pure text. This string has Six letters in Two syllables and Two vowels. 33.3% of vowels is 5.3% less then average English word. Written in backwards: NOTNAC. Average typing speed for these characters is 1545 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
canton: 1 + 6 = 7, reduced: 7 . and the final result is Seven. |
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