[khēt] (n) EN: constituency ; district (Am.) ; ward FR: arrondissement [ m ] ; circonscription électorale [ f ] ; canton électoral (Belg.) [ m ]

เขตเลือกตั้ง

[khēt leūaktang] (n, exp) EN: constituency FR: circonscription électorale [ f ] ; canton électoral [ m ] (Belg., Sui.)

กวางตุ้ง

[Kwāngtung] (n, prop) EN: Canton FR: Canton

กวางตุ้ง

[kwāngtung] (adj) EN: Cantonese FR: cantonnais

ตำบล

[tambon] (n) EN: tambon ; subdistrict ; group of villages ; locality FR: tambon [ m ] ; sous-district [ m ] ; canton [ m ] ; groupement de villages [ f ] ; commune [ f ] ; localité [ f ]

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only) Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary

Canton

(proper,noun) /kˌæntˈɒn/ /แคน เทาะ น/ /k a2 n t o1 n/

canton

(n,(count)) /kˈæntɒn/ /แค้น เถ่าะ น/ /k a1 n t o n/

cantons

(n,(count)) /kˈæntɒnz/ /แค้น เถ่าะ น สึ/ /k a1 n t o n z/

cantonment

(n,(count)) /kˈæntˈuːnmənt/ /แค้น ทู้น เหมิ่น ถึ/ /k a1 n t uu1 n m @ n t/

cantonments

(n,(count)) /kˈæntˈuːnmənts/ /แค้น ทู้น เหมิ่น ถึ สึ/ /k a1 n t uu1 n m @ n t s/

WordNet (3.0) WordNet (3.0)

canton

(n) a small administrative division of a country

canton

(v) divide into cantons, of a country

cantonal

(adj) of or relating to a canton

canton crepe

(n) a soft thick crinkled dress crepe; heavier than crepe de Chine

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Canton

n. [ F. canton, augm. of OF. cant edge, corner. See 1st Cant. ] 1. A small portion; a division; a compartment. [ 1913 Webster ]

That little canton of land called the “English pale” Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A small community or clan. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The king gave us the arms of England to be borne in a canton in our arms. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

Canton

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

They canton out themselves a little Goshen in the intellectual world. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mil.) To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops. [ 1913 Webster ]

Canton

n. A song or canto [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Write loyal cantons of contemned love. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cantonal

a. Of or pertaining to a canton or cantons; of the nature of a canton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Canton crape

A soft, white or colored silk fabric, of a gauzy texture and wavy appearance, used for ladies' scarfs, shawls, bonnet trimmings, etc.; -- called also Oriental crape. De Colange. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cantoned

a. 1. (Her.) Having a charge in each of the four corners; -- said of a cross on a shield, and also of the shield itself. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) Having the angles marked by, or decorated with, projecting moldings or small columns; as, a cantoned pier or pilaster. [ 1913 Webster ]

Canton flannel

See Cotton flannel. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cantonize

v. i. To divide into cantons or small districts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cantonment

n. [ Cf. F. cantonnement. ] A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters; temporary shelter or place of rest for an army; quarters. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ When troops are sheltered in huts or quartered in the houses of the people during any suspension of hostilities, they are said to be in cantonment, or to be cantoned. In India, permanent military stations, or military towns, are termed cantonments. [ 1913 Webster ]

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