Definition of Cantons. Meaning of Cantons. Synonyms of Cantons

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Definition of Cantons

Canton
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.
Canton
Canton Can"ton, n. A song or canto [Obs.] Write loyal cantons of contemned love. --Shak.

Meaning of Cantons from wikipedia

- previously existed in the following countries: Cantons of Belgium Cantonal Government of Bohol Cantons of Bolivia Cantons of Bosnia and Herzegovina: federal units...
- the terms Acht Orte ('Eight Cantons'; from 1353–1481) and Dreizehn Orte ('Thirteen Cantons', from 1513–1798). Each canton of the Old Swiss Confederacy...
- and the po****r cantonal votes. The Swiss Confederation consists of 26 cantons: *These cantons are known as half-cantons. The cantons are federated states...
- Administrative divisions of France Canton (administrative division) List of cantons of France Roger Brunet (2015). "New cantons in France: Name games". L'Espace...
- Confederacy. From 1353 to 1481, the federation of eight cantons—known in German as the Acht Orte (Eight Cantons)—consolidated its position. The members (especially...
- federal units with a high level of autonomy. The cantons were established by the Law on Federal Units (Cantons) on 12 June 1996 as a result of the Washington...
- countries Cantons of Switzerland, the member states of the Swiss Confederation Township (Canada), known as canton in Canadian French Canton (band), an...
- consists of all judicial cantons on its territory. There are 187 judicial cantons in Belgium as of 2017. Most judicial cantons cover multiple muni****lities;...
- specific canton. The Helvetic Republic reduced the formerly sovereign cantons to mere administrative division, though keeping the denomination of cantons, while...
- The following is a list of the 25 cantons of the Calvados department, in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March...