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Canto

//ˈkæntəʊ// noun, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.
  2. 2
    The Cantonese language. informal, uncountable

    "I think most people born here can’t speak it, but they understand it. It’s so strange that my Chinese friends can speak Canto, and my Japanese friends can speak their language, but it doesn’t work that way for us here"

  3. 3
    a major division of a long poem wordnet
  4. 4
    The treble or leading melody.
  5. 5
    the highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music wordnet
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  1. 6
    The designated division of a song.

Etymology

From Italian canto (“song”). Doublet of chant.

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