[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
      1913 webster

            they canton out themselves a little goshen in the
            intellectual world.                   --locke.
      1913 webster

   2. mil. to allot separate quarters to, as to different
      parts or divisions of an army or body of troops.
      1913 webster
see also:
cantoned cantoning 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

canton \can"ton\, n.
   a song or canto obs.
   1913 webster

         write loyal cantons of contemned love.   --shak.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

canton \can"ton\, n. f. canton, augm. of of. cant edge, corner.
   see 1st cant.
   1. a small portion; a division; a compartment.
      1913 webster

            that little canton of land called the "english pale"
                                                  --davies.
      1913 webster

            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.
      1913 webster

   2. a small community or clan.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            the king gave us the arms of england to be borne in
            a canton in our arms.                 --evelyn.
      1913 webster
see also:
cant arrondissement 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

canton
     n 1: a city on the zhu jiangi delta in southern china; the
          capital of guangdong province and a major deep-water
          port syn: guangzhou, kuangchou, kwangchow
     2: a small administrative division of a country
     v 1: provide housing for military personnel syn: quarter, billet
     2: divide into cantons, of a country
see also:
guangzhou kuangchou kwangchow quarter billet 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

147 moby thesaurus words for "canton":
   kreis, achievement, alerion, animal charge, annulet, archbishopric,
   archdiocese, argent, armorial bearings, armory, arms,
   arrondissement, azure, bailiwick, bandeau, bar, bar sinister,
   baton, bearings, bend, bend sinister, billet, bishopric, blazon,
   blazonry, bordure, borough, broad arrow, cadency mark, chaplet,
   charge, chevron, chief, city, coat of arms, cockatrice, commune,
   congressional district, constablewick, coronet, county, crescent,
   crest, cross, cross moline, crown, departement, device, difference,
   differencing, diocese, district, duchy, eagle, electoral district,
   electorate, ermine, ermines, erminites, erminois, escutcheon,
   falcon, fess, fess point, field, file, flanch, fleur-de-lis, fret,
   fur, fusil, garland, government, griffin, gules, gyron, hamlet,
   hatchment, helmet, heraldic device, honor point, hundred,
   impalement, impaling, inescutcheon, label, lion, lozenge,
   magistracy, mantling, marshaling, martlet, mascle, metal,
   metropolis, metropolitan area, motto, mullet, nombril point,
   oblast, octofoil, okrug, or, ordinary, orle, pale, paly, parish,
   pean, pheon, precinct, principality, province, purpure, quarter,
   quartering, region, riding, rose, sable, saltire, scutcheon,
   sheriffalty, sheriffwick, shield, shire, shrievalty, soke,
   spread eagle, stake, state, subordinary, tenne, territory,
   tincture, torse, town, township, tressure, unicorn, vair, vert,
   village, wapentake, ward, wreath, yale

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

canton, ct
  zip codes: 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 codes: 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 codes: 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 codes: 67428
canton, ma
  zip codes: 02021
canton, me
  zip codes: 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 codes: 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 codes: 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 codes: 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 codes: 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 codes: 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 codes: 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 codes: 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 codes: 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 codes: 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 codes: 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 codes: 75103
canton, wi
  zip codes: 54868

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

canton, ny -- u.s. village in new york
   population 2000:    5882
   housing units 2000: 1680
   land area 2000:     3.235550 sq. miles 8.380036 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.102594 sq. miles 0.265716 sq. km
   total area 2000:    3.338144 sq. miles 8.645752 sq. km
   fips code:            12331
   located within:       new york ny, fips 36
   location:             44.597600 n, 75.171180 w
   zip codes 1990:     13617
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    canton, ny
    canton

[8] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

canton, nc -- u.s. town in north carolina
   population 2000:    4029
   housing units 2000: 2003
   land area 2000:     3.820486 sq. miles 9.895014 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    3.820486 sq. miles 9.895014 sq. km
   fips code:            10240
   located within:       north carolina nc, fips 37
   location:             35.534828 n, 82.837422 w
   zip codes 1990:     28716
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    canton, nc
    canton

[9] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

canton, ga -- u.s. city in georgia
   population 2000:    7709
   housing units 2000: 2879
   land area 2000:     14.263136 sq. miles 36.941350 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    14.263136 sq. miles 36.941350 sq. km
   fips code:            12988
   located within:       georgia ga, fips 13
   location:             34.227307 n, 84.494727 w
   zip codes 1990:     30114
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    canton, ga
    canton

[10] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

canton, oh -- u.s. city in ohio
   population 2000:    80806
   housing units 2000: 35502
   land area 2000:     20.545620 sq. miles 53.212910 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.013972 sq. miles 0.036188 sq. km
   total area 2000:    20.559592 sq. miles 53.249098 sq. km
   fips code:            12000
   located within:       ohio oh, fips 39
   location:             40.804958 n, 81.375792 w
   zip codes 1990:     44702 44703 44704 44705 44706 44708
                         44710 44714 44721
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    canton, oh
    canton

[11] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

canton, il -- u.s. city in illinois
   population 2000:    15288
   housing units 2000: 6098
   land area 2000:     7.848859 sq. miles 20.328451 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.163041 sq. miles 0.422273 sq. km
   total area 2000:    8.011900 sq. miles 20.750724 sq. km
   fips code:            11007
   located within:       illinois il, fips 17
   location:             40.557737 n, 90.034264 w
   zip codes 1990:     61520
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    canton, il
    canton

[12] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

canton, ok -- u.s. town in oklahoma
   population 2000:    618
   housing units 2000: 322
   land area 2000:     0.520927 sq. miles 1.349194 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.520927 sq. miles 1.349194 sq. km
   fips code:            11600
   located within:       oklahoma ok, fips 40
   location:             36.055563 n, 98.588991 w
   zip codes 1990:     73724
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    canton, ok
    canton

[13] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

canton, pa -- u.s. borough in pennsylvania
   population 2000:    1807
   housing units 2000: 824
   land area 2000:     1.143594 sq. miles 2.961894 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    1.143594 sq. miles 2.961894 sq. km
   fips code:            11160
   located within:       pennsylvania pa, fips 42
   location:             41.655805 n, 76.850706 w
   zip codes 1990:     17724
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    canton, pa
    canton

[14] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

canton, ks -- u.s. city in kansas
   population 2000:    829
   housing units 2000: 342
   land area 2000:     0.496703 sq. miles 1.286455 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.496703 sq. miles 1.286455 sq. km
   fips code:            10475
   located within:       kansas ks, fips 20
   location:             38.387129 n, 97.427853 w
   zip codes 1990:     67428
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    canton, ks
    canton

[15] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

canton, sd -- u.s. city in south dakota
   population 2000:    3110
   housing units 2000: 1286
   land area 2000:     2.952302 sq. miles 7.646426 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.027543 sq. miles 0.071337 sq. km
   total area 2000:    2.979845 sq. miles 7.717763 sq. km
   fips code:            09500
   located within:       south dakota sd, fips 46
   location:             43.302254 n, 96.590810 w
   zip codes 1990:     57013
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    canton, sd
    canton

[16] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

canton, tx -- u.s. city in texas
   population 2000:    3292
   housing units 2000: 1486
   land area 2000:     5.194354 sq. miles 13.453315 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.440753 sq. miles 1.141544 sq. km
   total area 2000:    5.635107 sq. miles 14.594859 sq. km
   fips code:            12496
   located within:       texas tx, fips 48
   location:             32.553576 n, 95.866710 w
   zip codes 1990:     75103
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    canton, tx
    canton

[17] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

canton, mi -- u.s. census designated place in michigan
   population 2000:    76366
   housing units 2000: 28430
   land area 2000:     35.995501 sq. miles 93.227915 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.003804 sq. miles 0.009852 sq. km
   total area 2000:    35.999305 sq. miles 93.237767 sq. km
   fips code:            13110
   located within:       michigan mi, fips 26
   location:             42.312538 n, 83.475053 w
   zip codes 1990:     48187 48188
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    canton, mi
    canton

[18] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

canton, mn -- u.s. city in minnesota
   population 2000:    343
   housing units 2000: 171
   land area 2000:     1.003288 sq. miles 2.598505 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    1.003288 sq. miles 2.598505 sq. km
   fips code:            09802
   located within:       minnesota mn, fips 27
   location:             43.530047 n, 91.929600 w
   zip codes 1990:     55922
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    canton, mn
    canton

[19] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

canton, ms -- u.s. city in mississippi
   population 2000:    12911
   housing units 2000: 4333
   land area 2000:     18.602233 sq. miles 48.179561 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.130202 sq. miles 0.337221 sq. km
   total area 2000:    18.732435 sq. miles 48.516782 sq. km
   fips code:            11100
   located within:       mississippi ms, fips 28
   location:             32.612015 n, 90.031638 w
   zip codes 1990:     39046
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    canton, ms
    canton

[20] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

canton, mo -- u.s. city in missouri
   population 2000:    2557
   housing units 2000: 1011
   land area 2000:     2.286879 sq. miles 5.922988 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.257345 sq. miles 0.666521 sq. km
   total area 2000:    2.544224 sq. miles 6.589509 sq. km
   fips code:            11134
   located within:       missouri mo, fips 29
   location:             40.130651 n, 91.522365 w
   zip codes 1990:     63435
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    canton, mo
    canton

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