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Defenition of the word canton

    • Defenition of the word canton

      • A sub-provincial city located in southern China in the middle of Guangdong Province north of the Pearl River, about 120 km (75 mi) northwest of Hong Kong.
      • a small administrative division of a country
      • divide into cantons, of a country
      • a city on the Canton River Delta in S China; a major deep-water port
      • provide housing for, of military personnel
      • a city on the Zhu Jiangi delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port
      • provide housing for (military personnel)
      • a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port

    Synonyms for the word canton

      • area
      • billet
      • borough
      • Canton
      • constituency
      • district
      • Guangzhou
      • Kuangchou
      • Kwangchow
      • parish
      • political unit
      • province
      • quarter
      • region
      • subdivision

    Similar words in the canton

      • canton
      • canton's
      • cantonese
      • cantonese's
      • cantons

    Meronymys for the word canton

      • China
      • Communist China
      • mainland China
      • People's Republic of China
      • PRC
      • Red China

    Hyponyms for the word canton

      • Swiss canton

    Hypernyms for the word canton

      • accommodate
      • administrative district
      • administrative division
      • carve up
      • city
      • dissever
      • divide
      • lodge
      • metropolis
      • port
      • separate
      • split
      • split up
      • surname
      • territorial division
      • urban center

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