canton

Noun

1. A division of a political unit.
2. A division of a political unit.
3. A division of a political unit.
4. A division of a political unit.
5. (obsolete) A division of a political unit.
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.

Verb

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkæntn̩/

Etymology

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

Synonyms

quarter

billet

county

allocate

allot

apportion

bed

🛏️

bunk

Canton

carve up

cast

deal

deal out

dish out

dispense

dissect

dissever

distribute

divide

fraction

give out

hand out

house

🏠

issue

keep

lodge

lot

partition

pass around

pass out

portion

portion out

pound

💷

province

reallocate

screen off

section

separate

share

shell out

shire

split

split up

stratify

subdivide

supply

territory

Yugoslavia

divvy up

opanak

Translations

canton

Kanton

kanton

cantón

cantone

kanton

cantão

καντόνι

kanton

acantonar

Çinli

Bezirk

كانتون

cantó

acquartierare