canton

Plural: cantons

Noun

a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port
a small administrative division of a country
A division of a political unit.
A division of a political unit.
One of the states comprising the Swiss Confederation.
A division of a political unit.
A subdivision of an arrondissement of France.
A division of a political unit.
A division of Luxembourg, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, etc.
A division of a political unit.
A subdivision of a county, of Quebec, Canada; equivalent to a township.
A small community or clan.
A subdivision of a flag, the rectangular inset on the upper hoist (i.e., flagpole) side, the upper-left quadrant of a flag, (the stars of the US national flag are in a canton).
A division of a shield occupying one third of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.
A song or canto.

Verb

Verb Forms: cantoned, cantoning, cantons

To divide an area into administrative districts or sections.
provide housing for (military personnel)
divide into cantons, of a country
To delineate as a separate district.
To divide into cantons.
To quarter troops by requisitioning housing from the civilian population.
To be allotted such quarters.

Examples

She tried to CANTON off sections of the board, controlling the high-value squares.

Origin / Etymology

1530s, from Middle French canton, from Old French canton (“corner”); heraldic sense from the 1570s, geographic sense from c. 1600.

Synonyms

billet, Guangzhou, Kuangchou, Kwangchow, quarter

Scrabble Score: 8

canton: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
canton: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
canton: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

canton: valid Words With Friends Word