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English Dictionary: Canton by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Canton
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Canton
n
  1. a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port
    Synonym(s): Guangzhou, Kuangchou, Kwangchow, Canton
  2. a small administrative division of a country
v
  1. provide housing for (military personnel) [syn: quarter, billet, canton]
  2. divide into cantons, of a country
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Canton \Can"ton\, n.
      A song or canto [Obs.]
  
               Write loyal cantons of contemned love.   --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Canton \Can"ton\, n. [F. canton, augm. of OF. cant edge, corner.
      See 1st {Cant}.]
      1. A small portion; a division; a compartment.
  
                     That little canton of land called the [bd]English
                     pale[b8]                                             --Davies.
  
                     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.
  
      2. A small community or clan.
  
      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}.
  
      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.
  
                     The king gave us the arms of England to be borne in
                     a canton in our arms.                        --Evelyn.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Canton \Can"ton\, 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.
  
                     They canton out themselves a little Goshen in the
                     intellectual world.                           --Locke.
  
      2. (Mil.) To allot separate quarters to, as to different
            parts or divisions of an army or body of troops.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Canton, CT
      Zip code(s): 06019
   Canton, GA (city, FIPS 12988)
      Location: 34.24900 N, 84.49019 W
      Population (1990): 4817 (2026 housing units)
      Area: 33.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 30114
   Canton, IL (city, FIPS 11007)
      Location: 40.56255 N, 90.04026 W
      Population (1990): 13922 (5907 housing units)
      Area: 18.9 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 61520
   Canton, KS (city, FIPS 10475)
      Location: 38.38612 N, 97.42987 W
      Population (1990): 794 (342 housing units)
      Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 67428
   Canton, MA
      Zip code(s): 02021
   Canton, ME
      Zip code(s): 04221
   Canton, MI (CDP, FIPS 13110)
      Location: 42.30851 N, 83.48219 W
      Population (1990): 57047 (20309 housing units)
      Area: 93.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 48187, 48188
   Canton, MN (city, FIPS 9802)
      Location: 43.53008 N, 91.92944 W
      Population (1990): 362 (177 housing units)
      Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 55922
   Canton, MO (city, FIPS 11134)
      Location: 40.12967 N, 91.52385 W
      Population (1990): 2623 (973 housing units)
      Area: 5.0 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 63435
   Canton, MS (city, FIPS 11100)
      Location: 32.61065 N, 90.03108 W
      Population (1990): 10062 (3592 housing units)
      Area: 17.7 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 39046
   Canton, NC (town, FIPS 10240)
      Location: 35.54614 N, 82.84301 W
      Population (1990): 3790 (1854 housing units)
      Area: 9.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 28716
   Canton, NY (village, FIPS 12331)
      Location: 44.59659 N, 75.17254 W
      Population (1990): 6379 (1725 housing units)
      Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 13617
   Canton, OH (city, FIPS 12000)
      Location: 40.81220 N, 81.37327 W
      Population (1990): 84161 (36527 housing units)
      Area: 52.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 44702, 44703, 44704, 44705, 44706, 44708, 44710, 44714, 44721
   Canton, OK (town, FIPS 11600)
      Location: 36.05605 N, 98.58862 W
      Population (1990): 632 (358 housing units)
      Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 73724
   Canton, PA (borough, FIPS 11160)
      Location: 41.65699 N, 76.85303 W
      Population (1990): 1966 (837 housing units)
      Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 17724
   Canton, SD (city, FIPS 9500)
      Location: 43.30317 N, 96.58095 W
      Population (1990): 2787 (1180 housing units)
      Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 57013
   Canton, TX (city, FIPS 12496)
      Location: 32.54754 N, 95.86385 W
      Population (1990): 2949 (1322 housing units)
      Area: 9.9 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 75103
   Canton, WI
      Zip code(s): 54868
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