canton

1. A division of a political unit.

   a small administrative division of a country

2. A division of a political unit.

   One of the states comprising the Swiss Confederation.

   Kanton, Freiviertel

   канто́нkantón

3. An administrative division within a department in France, often being a subdivision of an arrondissement.

   Kanton

   канто́нkantón

4. A division of Luxembourg, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, etc.

   Kanton, Kanton

5. A small community or clan.

6. 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).

7. 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.

8. A division of a political unit.

   (obsolete)A subdivision of a county, of Quebec, Canada; equivalent to a township.

   Kanton

9. (obsolete)A song or canto.

1. Does their father work for the canton?

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2. He'll sail from Philadelphia to Canton.

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3. My dream is to study Cantonese in Canton.

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4. The Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina consists of ten cantons.

   deDie Föderation Bosnien-Herzegowina besteht aus zehn Kantonen. — ieflicca

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5. Why do you speak Cantonese so well when you just came to Canton?

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