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Määritelmät

Substantiivit

1. A division of a political unit.
2. (obsolete) A song or canto.
3. One of the states comprising the Swiss Confederation.
4. A subdivision of an arrondissement of France.
5. A division of Luxembourg, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, etc.
6. (obsolete) A subdivision of a county, of Quebec, Canada; equivalent to a township.
7. A small community or clan.
8. A subdivision of a flag, the rectangular inset on the upper hoist (i.e., flagpole) side, the upper-left quadrant of a flag, (the stars of the US national flag are in a canton).
9. (heraldry) 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.

Verbit

1. (transitive) To delineate as a separate district.
2. (transitive) To divide into cantons.
3. (transitive) To quarter troops by requisitioning housing from the civilian population.
4. (intransitive) To be allotted such quarters.