canton

Noun
  1. A city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China;
    The capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port (synset 108743287)
    is an instance of:
    • 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
    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
    same as: guangzhou, kuangchou, kwangchow
  2. A small administrative division of a country (synset 108558333)
    is a type of: administrative district, administrative division, territorial division - a district defined for administrative purposes
    subtypes: swiss canton - one of the cantons of Switzerland
Verb
  1. Provide housing for (military personnel) (synset 202659254)
    referred to in: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation
    is a type of: accommodate, lodge - provide housing for
    same as: billet, quarter
  2. Divide into cantons, of a country (synset 202475019)
    is a type of: carve up, dissever, divide, separate, split, split up - separate into parts or portions

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