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Meaning of canton

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  Canton
      n 1: a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the
           capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port
           [syn: {Guangzhou}, {Kuangchou}, {Kwangchow}, {Canton}]
      2: a small administrative division of a country
      v 1: provide housing for (military personnel) [syn: {quarter},
           {billet}, {canton}]
      2: divide into cantons, of a country

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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