What is the meaning of canton?

noun

  • A city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port.
  • A small administrative division of a country.

verb

  • Provide housing for (military personnel.
  • Divide into cantons, of a country. .
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