noun. undefined

noun. A small territorial division of a country, especially one of the states of Switzerland.

noun. A subdivision of an arrondissement in France.

noun. A small, square division of a shield, usually in the upper right corner.

noun. A usually rectangular division of a flag, occupying the upper corner next to the staff.

To divide into cantons or districts, as territory; divide into distinct portions; with out, to cut out and separate.

To allot separate quarters to the different divisions or parts (usually regiments) of: as, to canton an army or a detachment.

noun. An angle or corner; also, an angular space or nook.

noun. A portion of space; a parcel of ground.

noun. A small district; a subdivision of a country.

noun. In France, the territorial division below an arrondissement and above a commune. See arrondissement.

noun. In heraldry, a part of the chief, cut off on either the left- or the right-hand upper corner.

noun. A distinct part or division: as, the cantons of a painting or other representation, or of a flag.

noun. A variant of canto.

noun. In architecture, a thickened or emphasized corner of a building, as where two pilasters are set one on each side of the extreme angle. See cantoned (with cut).

In heraldry, to furnish with a canton, or furnish a canton with: as, a cross argent cantoned with four scallop-shells.

To quarter one's self in a temporary hut or cantonment.

noun. A song or canto.

noun. A small portion; a division; a compartment.

noun. A small community or clan.

noun. 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.

noun. 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.

intransitive verb. To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division.

intransitive verb. To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops.

noun. A division of a political unit

noun. A subdivision of a flag, the rectangular inset on the upper hoist (i.e., flagpole) side (e.g., the stars of the US national flag are in a canton).

verb. To delineate as a separate district.

verb. divide into cantons, of a country

verb. provide housing for (military personnel)

noun. a small administrative division of a country

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

"Hospitals in canton Valais have also adopted measures to protect themselves against visitors from the United States, Canada and Britain."

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Danton  Scranton  Stanton  manton  panton  

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Kreis  achievement  alerion  animal charge  annulet  

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