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canton

/ˈkæntən/noun, verb2 syllables

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

Synonyms for canton5

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

Guangzhou, Kuangchou, Kwangchow

verb, as in provide housing for (military personnel)

quarter, billet

What does canton mean?4

noun

1

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

2

a small administrative division of a country

verb

1

provide housing for (military personnel)

2

divide into cantons, of a country

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Canton in a sentence

  • Does their father work for the canton?hoffmania
  • My dream is to study Cantonese in Canton.shekitten
  • Why do you speak Cantonese so well when you just came to Canton?LeeSooHa
  • He'll sail from Philadelphia to Canton.Ussis

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of canton

as a noun

plural
cantons

as a verb

third-person singular
cantons
present participle
cantoning
past participle
cantoned
past tense
cantoned