Canton
Several places in ChinaSeveral places in China: Guangzhou, the capital and largest city of Guangdong, China.
» Does their father work for the canton?
Meaning
32 sensesSeveral places in China:
Guangzhou, the capital and largest city of Guangdong, China.
Гуанчжо́уGuančžóu, Гуанду́нGuandún, Канто́нKantón
Guangdong, a province of China.
(dated)The Pearl River, a river in southern China.
A hamlet in Ontario, Canada.
Several places in the United States:
A former settlement in El Dorado County, California.
A town in Hartford County, Connecticut.
A city, the county seat of Cherokee County, Georgia.
A city in Fulton County, Illinois.
An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Washington County, Indiana.
An unincorporated community in Jackson County and Jones County, Iowa.
A small city in McPherson County, Kansas; named for the city in Ohio.
A small town in Oxford County, Maine; named for the town in Massachusetts.
Examples
6 sentencesDoes their father work for the canton?
He'll sail from Philadelphia to Canton.
My dream is to study Cantonese in Canton.
The Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina consists of ten cantons.
deDie Föderation Bosnien-Herzegowina besteht aus zehn Kantonen. — ieflicca
Why do you speak Cantonese so well when you just came to Canton?
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
From Portuguese Cantão, from Mandarin 廣東 /广东 (Guǎngdōng). Doublet of Guangdong. Compare SpFrom Portuguese Cantão, from Mandarin 廣東 /广东 (Guǎngdōng). Doublet of Guangdong. Compare Spanish Cantón, French Canton, Italian Canton, Russian Кантон (Kanton). Unrelated to English canton.
The town in Oklahoma was named for a nearby cantonment.
From Canna + -ton, literally “St. Canna's town”.
The surname is of French or Galician origin.
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