Canton
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Canton can mean many different things.
- A canton is a way to divide the land of a country. It is like dividing the country into different regions or states. The word comes from the Latin word canto which means "a section of a country".
- These countries use cantons to divide their land:
- Bosnia and Herzegovina - see cantons of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Canada: Canadian French for "township".
- Costa Rica - see cantons of Costa Rica
- Ecuador: smaller divisions inside the provinces of Ecuador - see cantons of Ecuador
- France: smaller divisions inside the arrondissements of France - see cantons of France
- Luxembourg: smaller divisions inside the districts of Luxembourg - see cantons of Luxembourg
- Switzerland - see cantons of Switzerland
- Jersey: smaller divisions inside the vingtaines of Jersey.
- In the Ottoman Empire, a "kaza" was a district within a province and was sometimes called a canton.
- These countries use cantons to divide their land:
- canton (liqueur), a ginger-flavored liqueur that is made in the Guangdong province in China
- the upper left part of a flag
Places:
- Canton, an old English name for the city of Guangzhou, China
- Canton, an old English name for the province of Guangdong, China
- Canton, Connecticut, USA
- Canton, Georgia, USA
- Canton, Illinois, USA
- Canton, Baltimore neighborhood and park in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Canton, Massachusetts, USA
- Canton, Mississippi, USA
- Canton, Missouri, USA
- Canton, New York
- Canton (village), New York , USA
- Canton (town), New York , USA
- Canton, North Carolina, USA
- Canton, Ohio, USA
- Canton, Oklahoma, USA
- Canton, Pennsylvania, USA
- Canton, South Dakota, USA
- Canton Township, Michigan, USA
- Canton Township, Pennsylvania, USA
- Canton, Texas, USA
- Canton, Cardiff, a district of the Welsh capital
- Kanton Island (used to be "Canton Island"), part of Kiribati
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