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C0077500 (kăn′tən)1. A city of northeast Ohio south-southeast of Akron. It was the home of President William McKinley.2. (kăn′tŏn′, kăn′tŏn′) See Guangzhou.

can·ton

C0077500 (kăn′tən, -tŏn′)n.1. a. A small territorial division of a country, especially one of the states of Switzerland.b. A subdivision of an arrondissement in France.2. Heraldry A small, square division of a shield, usually in the upper right corner.3. A usually rectangular division of a flag, occupying the upper corner next to the staff.

[French, from Old French, from Old Italian cantone, augmentative of canto, corner, from Vulgar Latin *cantus; see cant¹.]

can′ton·al (kăn′tə-nəl, kăn-tŏn′əl) adj.

canton

n 1. (Physical Geography) any of the 23 political divisions of Switzerland 2. (Physical Geography) a subdivision of a French arrondissement 3. (Heraldry) heraldry a small square or oblong charge on a shield, usually in the top left corner vb 4. (Physical Geography) (tr) to divide into cantons 5. (Military) (esp formerly) to allocate accommodation to (military personnel) [C16: from Old French: corner, division, from Italian cantone, from canto corner, from Latin canthus iron rim; see cant²] ˈcantonal adj

Canton

n 1. (Placename) a port in SE China, capital of Guangdong province, on the Zhu Jiang (Pearl River): the first Chinese port open to European trade. Pop: 3 881 000 (2005 est). Chinese names: Guangzhou or Kwangchow 2. (Placename) a city in the US, in NE Ohio. Pop: 80 806 (2000)

can•ton

(ˈkæn tn, -tɒn, kænˈtɒn)
n. 1. a small territorial district, esp. one of the states of the Swiss confederation. 2. a division of a French arrondissement. 3. the dexter chief area of a heraldic field. 4. Obs. division; part; section. [1525–35; < Middle French < Old Provençal, derivative of can side, edge (see cant²)] can′ton•al, adj.

Can•ton

(kænˈtɒn, ˈkæn tɒn for 1; ˈkæn tn for 2 )

n. 1. Guangzhou. 2. a city in NE Ohio: location of the football Hall of Fame. 86,030.

canton

Past participle: cantoned
Gerund: cantoning

Imperative
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Present
I canton
you canton
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we canton
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Preterite
I cantoned
you cantoned
he/she/it cantoned
we cantoned
you cantoned
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Present Continuous
I am cantoning
you are cantoning
he/she/it is cantoning
we are cantoning
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Present Perfect
I have cantoned
you have cantoned
he/she/it has cantoned
we have cantoned
you have cantoned
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Past Continuous
I was cantoning
you were cantoning
he/she/it was cantoning
we were cantoning
you were cantoning
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Past Perfect
I had cantoned
you had cantoned
he/she/it had cantoned
we had cantoned
you had cantoned
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Future
I will canton
you will canton
he/she/it will canton
we will canton
you will canton
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Future Perfect
I will have cantoned
you will have cantoned
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we will have cantoned
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Future Continuous
I will be cantoning
you will be cantoning
he/she/it will be cantoning
we will be cantoning
you will be cantoning
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Present Perfect Continuous
I have been cantoning
you have been cantoning
he/she/it has been cantoning
we have been cantoning
you have been cantoning
they have been cantoning

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been cantoning
you will have been cantoning
he/she/it will have been cantoning
we will have been cantoning
you will have been cantoning
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Past Perfect Continuous
I had been cantoning
you had been cantoning
he/she/it had been cantoning
we had been cantoning
you had been cantoning
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Conditional
I would canton
you would canton
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we would canton
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Past Conditional
I would have cantoned
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we would have cantoned
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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Canton - a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water portGuangzhou, Kuangchou, KwangchowCathay, China, Communist China, mainland China, People's Republic of China, PRC, Red China - a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world
	2.	canton - a small administrative division of a countryadministrative district, administrative division, territorial division - a district defined for administrative purposesSwiss canton - one of the cantons of Switzerland
Verb	1.	canton - provide housing for (military personnel)billet, quarterarmed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"lodge, accommodate - provide housing for; "We are lodging three foreign students this semester"
	2.	canton - divide into cantons, of a countrycarve up, dissever, divide, split, split up, separate - separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"

Translations

Canton

Canton:

see GuangzhouGuangzhou
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, city (1994 est. pop. 3,113,800), capital of Guangdong prov., S China, a major deepwater port on the Pearl River delta. Economy
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1 City (1990 pop. 13,922), Fulton co., W central Ill., in the corn belt; inc. 1849. It is a trade and industrial center for a coal and farm area. 2 Town (1990 pop. 18,530), Norfolk co., E Mass., a suburb of Boston; settled 1630, inc. 1797. Rubber goods, textiles, plastics, and paper and electronics products are manufactured, and there is a state hospital for the handicapped. Paul Revere operated a copper-rolling mill here. 3 City (1990 pop. 84,161), seat of Stark co., NE Ohio, on Nimishillen Creek; inc. 1822. In an iron- and steel-producing area, it makes roller bearings, automated teller machines, office equipment, water softeners, and vaults. In the city are Malone Univ. and the Professional Football Hall of Fame. Walsh Univ. is in suburban North Canton, which manufactures vacuum cleaners. The McKinley State Memorial contains the grave of William McKinleyMcKinley, William,
1843–1901, 25th president of the United States (1897–1901), b. Niles, Ohio. He was educated at Poland (Ohio) Seminary and Allegheny College. After service in the Union army in the Civil War, he returned to Ohio and became a lawyer at Canton.
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Canton,

river, China: see PearlPearl,
Chin. Zhujiang, river, 110 mi (177 km) long, S Guangdong prov., S China. Formed at Guangzhou by the confluence of the Xi and Bei rivers, it flows E then S past Guangzhou and Huangpu island to form a large estuary between Hong Kong and Macau.
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Canton

(or Kuangchou), a city and port in southern China, 110 km from the shore of the South China Sea, in the delta of the Pearl River, a left tributary of the delta of the Si River. Administrative center of Kwangtung Province. Population, 1,840,000 (1957), mostly Chinese (Han), with small groups of national minorities (Huei and Manchus).

Canton is the most important economic center of southern China. It is one of the country’s largest transportation and industrial centers. It has served for a long time as an important foreign-trade port. (In 1842 it was declared open to foreign trade.) Canton is third in the country in freight turnover. It is a railroad junction, and it has an international airport. The dominant industries are textiles (jute, ramie, cotton, and silk), sugar, fruit canning, and pulp and paper. There are ferrous-metal, machine-building (heavy machine-tool building, shipbuilding, electrical-machine building, and production of equipment for the textile and food industries), and chemical (fertilizers, toxic chemicals, and detergents) enterprises. Building materials (cement, bricks, and tiles) are also produced. Domestic handicrafts are important exports. On the outskirts of Canton there is tropical farming (vegetable and fruit growing). Fishing and fish culture are also widespread.

Canton has several institutions of higher education including a university founded in 1924 by Sun Yat-sen, which today bears his name, research institutions, libraries, museums, and a botanical garden.

Canton is situated on both banks of the Pearl River, but its principal sections (Chu-chiang lu, Tun-shan, Hsi-ts’un, Hsi-kuan, and Shameen) are on the left bank; only the Honan section is on the right bank. Port operations take place on the southeastern outskirts of the city at the port of Whampoa. Industrial enterprises are concentrated in the western sections of the city (Hsi-ts’un and Hsi-kuan).

K. N. CHERNOZHUKOV

In every section of Canton, broad thoroughfares adjoin narrow, medieval little lanes, and multistory European-type buildings stand alongside clay and bamboo dwellings. There is the temple of Kuang-hsiaoussu with an iron pagoda (963). The Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, a monument to the heroes of revolutionary battles, and a complex of sports facilities on the island of Erhshat’ou were all built in the 1950’s. Canton is a center of arts and crafts (painted and champlevé enamel, lacquer objects, ivory carvings, fans, and umbrellas).

R. V. VIATKIN

Canton arose in approximately the third century B.C. In the Middle Ages it was a large trading port, and in the 18th century it became China’s only port for limited trade by foreigners. During the first Opium War (in Russian, Anglo-Chinese War of 1840–42) it was a center of mass resistance to the English colonialists. Under the Treaty of Nanking of 1842, Canton was one of five ports to be opened to foreign trade. After the second Opium War (Anglo-French-Chinese War of 1856–60), a foreign (Anglo-French) concession arose in Canton on Shameen Island. In the 1890’s the bourgeois-democratic revolutionary movement began. Sun Yat-sen first became active here, and his organization, Hsing-chung-hui, undertook an armed revolt against the government in October 1895. On the eve of the Hsin-hai Revolution, two revolts flared in Canton under the leadership of the T’ung-meng-hui party (February 1910 and April 1911). In 1920 one of the first Communist circles in China sprang up in Canton; from that time on Canton became a large center of the workers’ and trade union movement. From 1923 to 1926, Canton was a center of China’s national revolutionary forces. Located there were the national revolutionary government, the command of the National Revolutionary Army, and the Whampoa Military Academy. After Chiang Kai-shek’s treachery and the counterrevolutionary coup in Canton on Apr. 15, 1927, the Canton uprising of 1927 occurred in December. From 1938 to 1945, Canton was occupied by Japanese troops. It was cleared of the Kuomintang by the People’s Liberation Army on Oct. 14, 1949.

E. A. BELOV

REFERENCE

Nikitin, N. Kanton. Moscow, 1952.

Canton

a city in the northeastern United States, in the state of Ohio. Population, 110, 000 (1970; with suburban population, 372, 000). Railroad junction. In 1969 approximately 50 percent of the economically active population was engaged in industry. Canton is one of the leading centers for the production of electric steel and roller bearings in the United States. Other manufactures include industrial equipment, engines, electrical appliances, rubber and plastic products, and building materials. Coal is mined near Canton.

Canton

(1) In Switzerland, the name for federal territorial units. Each canton has its own constitution and legislative and executive organs. Each canton is represented by two deputies in the upper chamber of the federal parliament.

(2) The name for administrative territorial units in Belgium and France. Cantons in France are also electoral districts for the general-council elections of a department.

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canton A corner of a building decorated with a projecting masonry course, a pilaster, or similar feature.

canton

1. any of the 23 political divisions of Switzerland 2. a subdivision of a French arrondissement

Canton

1. a port in SE China, capital of Guangdong province, on the Zhu Jiang (Pearl River): the first Chinese port open to European trade. Pop.: 3 881 000 (2005 est.) 2. a city in the US, in NE Ohio. Pop.: 80 806 (2000)

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noun a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China

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noun a small administrative division of a country

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verb provide housing for (military personnel)

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verb divide into cantons, of a country

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