Canton

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Canton can mean many different things.

  • A canton is a way to divide the land of a country. It is like dividing the country into different regions or states. The word comes from the Latin word canto which means "a section of a country".
    • These countries use cantons to divide their land:
      • Bosnia and Herzegovina - see cantons of Bosnia and Herzegovina
      • Canada: Canadian French for "township".
      • Costa Rica - see cantons of Costa Rica
      • Ecuador: smaller divisions inside the provinces of Ecuador - see cantons of Ecuador
      • France: smaller divisions inside the arrondissements of France - see cantons of France
      • Luxembourg: smaller divisions inside the districts of Luxembourg - see cantons of Luxembourg
      • Switzerland - see cantons of Switzerland
      • Jersey: smaller divisions inside the vingtaines of Jersey.
      • In the Ottoman Empire, a "kaza" was a district within a province and was sometimes called a canton.
  • canton (liqueur), a ginger-flavored liqueur that is made in the Guangdong province in China
  • the upper left part of a flag

Places:

  • Canton, an old English name for the city of Guangzhou, China
  • Canton, an old English name for the province of Guangdong, China
  • Canton, Connecticut, USA
  • Canton, Georgia, USA
  • Canton, Illinois, USA
  • Canton, Baltimore neighborhood and park in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  • Canton, Massachusetts, USA
  • Canton, Mississippi, USA
  • Canton, Missouri, USA
  • Canton, New York
    • Canton (village), New York , USA
    • Canton (town), New York , USA
  • Canton, North Carolina, USA
  • Canton, Ohio, USA
  • Canton, Oklahoma, USA
  • Canton, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Canton, South Dakota, USA
  • Canton Township, Michigan, USA
  • Canton Township, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Canton, Texas, USA
  • Canton, Cardiff, a district of the Welsh capital
  • Kanton Island (used to be "Canton Island"), part of Kiribati