CANTON as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a small administrative division of a country
   Hypernyms(s) canton is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • administrative district (what does administrative district mean?)
   • administrative division (what does administrative division mean?)
   • territorial division (what does territorial division mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • canton (what does canton mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a city on the Zhu Jiangi delta in southern China
   • the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port
   Synonym(s)
   • Guangzhou (what does Guangzhou mean?)
   • Kuangchou (what does Kuangchou mean?)
   • Kwangchow (what does Kwangchow mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Canton is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • city (what does city mean?)
   • metropolis (what does metropolis mean?)
   • urban center (what does urban center mean?)
   • port (what does port mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • Swiss canton (what does Swiss canton mean?)

CANTON as VERB

1. Meaning
   • divide into cantons, of a country
   Hypernyms(s) canton is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • divide (what does divide mean?)
   • split (what does split mean?)
   • split up (what does split up mean?)
   • separate (what does separate mean?)
   • dissever (what does dissever mean?)
   • carve up (what does carve up mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • canton (what does canton mean?)
2. Meaning
   • provide housing for (military personnel)
   Synonym(s)
   • billet (what does billet mean?)
   • quarter (what does quarter mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) canton is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • lodge (what does lodge mean?)
   • accommodate (what does accommodate mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • camp (what does camp mean?)
   • encampment (what does encampment mean?)
   • cantonment (what does cantonment mean?)
   • bivouac (what does bivouac mean?)
   • billet (what does billet mean?)
   • living quarters (what does living quarters mean?)
   • quarters (what does quarters mean?)
   • quartering (what does quartering mean?)