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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Canton \Can"ton\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cantoned}; p. pr & vb n. {Cantoning}.] [Cf. F. cantonner.] 1. To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division. They canton out themselves a little Goshen in the intellectual world. --Locke. 2. (Mil.) To allot separate quarters to as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Canton \Can"ton\, n. A song or canto [Obs.] Write loyal cantons of contemned love. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Canton \Can"ton\, n. [F. canton, augm. of OF cant edge, corner. See 1st {Cant}.] 1. A small portion; a division; a compartment. That little canton of land called the ``English pale'' --Davies. There is another piece of Holbein's, . . . in which in six several cantons, the several parts of our Savior's passion are represented. --Bp. Burnet. 2. A small community or clan. 3. A small territorial district; esp. one of the twenty-two independent states which form the Swiss federal republic; in France, a subdivision of an arrondissement. See {Arrondissement}. 4. (Her.) A division of a shield occupying one third part of the chief, usually on the dexter side formed by a perpendicular line from the top of the shield, meeting a horizontal line from the side The king gave us the arms of England to be borne in a canton in our arms. --Evelyn. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Canton n 1: a city on the Canton River Delta in S China; a major deep-water port [syn: {Canton}, {Kuangchou}, {Kwangchow}, {Guangzhou}] 2: a small administrative division of a country v 1: provide housing for of military personnel [syn: {quarter}, {billet}] 2: divide into cantons, of a country From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Canton, CT Zip code(s): 06019 Canton, GA (city, FIPS 12988) Location: 34.24900 N, 84.49019 W Population (1990): 4817 (2026 housing units) Area: 33.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 30114 Canton, IL (city, FIPS 11007) Location: 40.56255 N, 90.04026 W Population (1990): 13922 (5907 housing units) Area: 18.9 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61520 Canton, KS (city, FIPS 10475) Location: 38.38612 N, 97.42987 W Population (1990): 794 (342 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67428 Canton, MA Zip code(s): 02021 Canton, ME Zip code(s): 04221 Canton, MI (CDP, FIPS 13110) Location: 42.30851 N, 83.48219 W Population (1990): 57047 (20309 housing units) Area: 93.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48187, 48188 Canton, MN (city, FIPS 9802) Location: 43.53008 N, 91.92944 W Population (1990): 362 (177 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55922 Canton, MO (city, FIPS 11134) Location: 40.12967 N, 91.52385 W Population (1990): 2623 (973 housing units) Area: 5.0 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63435 Canton, MS (city, FIPS 11100) Location: 32.61065 N, 90.03108 W Population (1990): 10062 (3592 housing units) Area: 17.7 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 39046 Canton, NC (town, FIPS 10240) Location: 35.54614 N, 82.84301 W Population (1990): 3790 (1854 housing units) Area: 9.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 28716 Canton, NY (village, FIPS 12331) Location: 44.59659 N, 75.17254 W Population (1990): 6379 (1725 housing units) Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 13617 Canton, OH (city, FIPS 12000) Location: 40.81220 N, 81.37327 W Population (1990): 84161 (36527 housing units) Area: 52.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 44702, 44703, 44704, 44705, 44706, 44708, 44710, 44714, 44721 Canton, OK (town, FIPS 11600) Location: 36.05605 N, 98.58862 W Population (1990): 632 (358 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 73724 Canton, PA (borough, FIPS 11160) Location: 41.65699 N, 76.85303 W Population (1990): 1966 (837 housing units) Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 17724 Canton, SD (city, FIPS 9500) Location: 43.30317 N, 96.58095 W Population (1990): 2787 (1180 housing units) Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57013 Canton, TX (city, FIPS 12496) Location: 32.54754 N, 95.86385 W Population (1990): 2949 (1322 housing units) Area: 9.9 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 75103 Canton, WI Zip code(s): 54868
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