1. canton - noun
· a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port
Synonym(s): Guangzhou, Kuangchou, Kwangchow, Canton
2. canton - noun
· a small administrative division of a country
Hypernym(s): administrative_district, administrative_division, territorial_division
3. canton - verb
· provide housing for (military personnel)
Hypernym(s): lodge, accommodate
4. canton - verb
· divide into cantons, of a country
Hypernym(s): divide, split, split_up, separate, dissever, carve_up
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