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Synonyms for canton

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kan-tn, -ton, kan-ton for 1–7; kan-ton, -tohn, or, esp. British, -toon for 8
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæn tn, -tɒn, kænˈtɒn for 1–7; kænˈtɒn, -ˈtoʊn, or, esp. British, -ˈtun for 8

Définition of canton

Origin :
  • 1530s, "corner, angle," from Middle French canton "piece, portion of a country" (13c.), from Italian (Lombard dialect) cantone "region," especially in the mountains, augmentative of Latin canto "section of a country," literally "corner" (see cant (n.2)). Originally in English a term in heraldry and flag descriptions; applied to the sovereign states of the Swiss republic from 1610s. Related: Cantoned.
  • noun district
Example sentences :
  • I now got my wages for the Canton voyage; but they lasted me only a fortnight!
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • On her arrival at Canton, I told the captain my views, and he allowed me to go.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • We arrived at Canton in due time, and found our cargo ready for us.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • The largest is that at Honan, the southern suburb of Canton.
  • Extract from : « Architecture » by Thomas Roger Smith
  • In the Novouzensky canton, for example, they constituted 40 per cent.
  • Extract from : « England and Germany » by Emile Joseph Dillon
  • Each chief town of a canton has its cur, each parish its desservant.
  • Extract from : « The Cathedrals of Northern France » by Francis Miltoun
  • So Canton never get any teaching, not from boy, not from Kong-foo-too.
  • Extract from : « The American Missionary -- Volume 38, No. 06, June, 1884 » by Various
  • Consider the men who carried me in my sedan chair in Canton.
  • Extract from : « Where Half The World Is Waking Up » by Clarence Poe
  • In the Canton of Vauvert, where there was a consistory church, 80,000 francs were extorted.
  • Extract from : « Fox's Book of Martyrs » by John Foxe
  • He had been for many years a partner in an English house in Canton, and also lived in England.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs » by Charles Godfrey Leland

Antonyms for canton

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