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CANTON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small administrative division of a country
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("canton" is a kind of...):
administrative district; administrative division; territorial division (a district defined for administrative purposes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "canton"):
Swiss canton (one of the cantons of Switzerland)
Derivation:
canton (divide into cantons, of a country)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port
Synonyms:
Canton; Guangzhou; Kuangchou; Kwangchow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)
Holonyms ("Canton" is a part of...):
Cathay; 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)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Divide into cantons, of a country
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "canton" is one way to...):
carve up; dissever; divide; separate; split; split up (separate into parts or portions)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
canton (a small administrative division of a country)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Provide housing for (military personnel)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "canton" is one way to...):
accommodate; lodge (provide housing for)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
cantonment (temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers)
