canton
English
/ˈkæntn̩/, /ˈkæntɒn/
noun
Definitions
- A division of a political unit.
- A small community or clan.
- A subdivision of a flag, the rectangular inset on the upper hoist (i.e., flagpole) side (e.g., the stars of the US national flag are in a canton).
- (heraldiccharge) A division of a shield occupying one third of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French canton derived from Old French canton (corner).
Origin
Old French
canton
Gloss
corner
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
隅
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cantonal English
- cantonalism English
- cantonalist English
- cantonise English
- cantonization English
- cantonize English
- kantoni Finnish
- canton French
- canton Old French
- canton Middle French
- canton Old Occitan