Overview of noun canton

The noun canton has 2 senses

• Guangzhou, Kuangchou, Kwangchow, Canton -- (a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port)


• canton -- (a small administrative division of a country)

Overview of verb canton

The verb canton has 2 senses

• quarter, billet, canton -- (provide housing for (military personnel))


• canton -- (divide into cantons, of a country)