canton

(noun, verb)

noun

1. a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port

Similar word(s): guangzhou

Definition categories: location

2. a small administrative division of a country

Definition categories: location

verb

1. provide housing for (military personnel)

Similar word(s): billet, quarter

Definition categories: stative, accommodate, lodge

2. divide into cantons, of a country

Definition categories: social, dissever, divide, separate, split