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English noun: Canton | |||
| 1. | Canton (location) a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port | ||
| Synonyms | Guangzhou, Kuangchou, Kwangchow | ||
| Instance hypernym | city, metropolis, port, urban center | ||
| Part meronym | Cathay, China, Communist China, mainland China, People's Republic of China, PRC, Red China | ||
| 2. | canton (location) a small administrative division of a country | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | administrative district, administrative division, territorial division | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Swiss canton | ||
English verb: canton | |||
| 1. | canton (stative) provide housing for (military personnel) | ||
| Synonyms | billet, quarter | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | accommodate, lodge | ||
| Domain category | armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | ||
| 2. | canton (social) divide into cantons, of a country | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | carve up, dissever, divide, separate, split, split up | ||
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