Canton

//ˈkæntən//

Synonyms for "canton" (154 found)

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Closest matches (31)

Strong matches (46)

Related words (77)

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Noun(1 words)

local administrative unit

Proper Noun(1 words)

pearl river

Verb(1 words)

quarter

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

11 entries

accommodate administrative district administrative division carve up dissever divide lodge separate split split up territorial division

Synonyms

3 entries

guangzhou kuangchou quarter

Related terms

2 entries

Canton matting pancit canton

derived

9 entries

Canton Beach Canton Jargon Canton flannel Canton lemon Cantonese canton of Zurich cantoner cantonise cantonize

has context

1 entries

heraldiccharge

manner of

1 entries

divide

related to

37 entries

canto cardiff cherokee county chief clan community county seat dexter division flag flagpole french fulton county galician georgia guangdong

Showing 16 of 37 words.

Translations

131 translations across 46 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

كانتون noun (state of Switzerland)

Armenian

1 entries

կանտոն noun (state of Switzerland)

Catalan

2 entries

cantó noun (state of Switzerland)
cantó noun (heraldry; one of the ordinaries)

Chinese

2 entries

廣州 /广州 name (former name of Guangzhou)
廣東 /广东 name (former name of Guangdong)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

廣州 /广州 name (former name of Guangzhou)
廣東 /广东 name (former name of Guangdong)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

廣州 /广州 name (former name of Guangzhou)
廣東 /广东 name (former name of Guangdong)

Czech

1 entries

kanton noun (state of Switzerland)

Danish

1 entries

kanton noun (state of Switzerland)

Dutch

4 entries

kanton noun (state of Switzerland)
kanton noun (subdivision of an arrondissement)
kanton noun (subdivision of Luxembourg)
kanton noun (subdivision of Serbia)

Eastern Min Chinese

2 entries

廣州 /广州 name (former name of Guangzhou)
廣東 /广东 name (former name of Guangdong)

Esperanto

1 entries

kantono noun (subdivision of an arrondissement)

Finnish

4 entries

Kanton name (former name of Guangzhou)
Kanton name (former name of Guangdong)
kantoni noun (state of Switzerland)
kolkka noun (heraldry; one of the ordinaries)

French

4 entries

Canton name (former name of Guangzhou)
Canton name (former name of Guangdong)
canton noun (state of Switzerland)
canton noun (subdivision of an arrondissement)

Galician

1 entries

cantón noun (state of Switzerland)

Georgian

2 entries

კანტონი noun (state of Switzerland)
კანტონი noun (subdivision of Luxembourg)

German

4 entries

Freiviertel noun (heraldry; one of the ordinaries)
Kanton noun (state of Switzerland)
Kanton noun (subdivision of an arrondissement)
Kanton noun (subdivision of Luxembourg)

Greek

2 entries

Καντόνα name (former name of Guangzhou)
καντόνι noun (state of Switzerland)

Hakka Chinese

2 entries

廣州 /广州 name (former name of Guangzhou)
廣東 /广东 name (former name of Guangdong)

Hebrew

1 entries

קנטון noun (state of Switzerland)

Hungarian

1 entries

kanton noun (state of Switzerland)

Icelandic

2 entries

kantóna noun (state of Switzerland)
kantóna noun (subdivision of Luxembourg)

Irish

4 entries

cantún noun (state of Switzerland)
cantún noun (subdivision of Luxembourg)
cantún noun (subdivision of Serbia)
cantún noun (subdivision of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Italian

3 entries

Canton noun (state of Switzerland)
cantone noun (state of Switzerland)
cantone noun (heraldry; one of the ordinaries)

Japanese

4 entries

広州 name (former name of Guangzhou)
広州市 name (former name of Guangzhou)
広東 name (former name of Guangdong)
広東省 name (former name of Guangdong)

Khmer

1 entries

កាតាំង name (former name of Guangdong)

Korean

4 entries

광둥 name (former name of Guangdong)
광둥성 name (former name of Guangdong)
광주 name (former name of Guangzhou)
주 noun (state of Switzerland)

Latin

1 entries

pāgus noun (state of Switzerland)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

Kanton noun (subdivision of Luxembourg)

Macedonian

4 entries

канто́н noun (state of Switzerland)
канто́н noun (subdivision of an arrondissement)
канто́н noun (subdivision of Luxembourg)
канто́н noun (subdivision of Serbia)

Manchu

1 entries

ᡤᡠᠸᠠᠩᡩᡠᠩ name (former name of Guangdong)

Manx

1 entries

kerrin noun (subdivision of flag)

Marathi

3 entries

कँटन name (community in Cardiff)
कँटॉन name (former name of Guangzhou)
कँटॉन name (former name of Guangdong)

Mongolian

2 entries

Гуандун name (former name of Guangdong)
Гуанжоу name (former name of Guangzhou)

Persian

1 entries

خانفو name (former name of Guangzhou)

Polish

2 entries

kanton noun (state of Switzerland)
kanton noun (heraldry; one of the ordinaries)

Portuguese

4 entries

Cantão name (former name of Guangzhou)
Cantão name (former name of Guangdong)
cantão noun (state of Switzerland)
cantão noun (subdivision of an arrondissement)

Romansch

4 entries

cantun noun (state of Switzerland)
cantung noun (state of Switzerland)
cantùn noun (state of Switzerland)
chantun noun (state of Switzerland)

Russian

4 entries

Гуанду́н name (former name of Guangdong)
Гуанчжо́у name (former name of Guangzhou)
Канто́н name (former name of Guangdong)
канто́н noun (state of Switzerland)

Spanish

4 entries

Cantón name (former name of Guangzhou)
Cantón name (former name of Guangdong)
cantón noun (state of Switzerland)
cantón noun (subdivision of an arrondissement)

Swedish

4 entries

Guangdong name (former name of Guangdong)
Guangzhou name (former name of Guangzhou)
Kanton name (former name of Guangdong)
kanton noun (state of Switzerland)

Tatar

1 entries

кантун noun (state of Switzerland)

Thai

2 entries

กวางตุ้ง name (former name of Guangdong)
กว่างโจว name (former name of Guangzhou)

Turkish

1 entries

kanton noun (state of Switzerland)

Vietnamese

2 entries

Quảng Châu name (former name of Guangzhou)
Quảng Đông name (former name of Guangdong)

Welsh

1 entries

Treganna name (community in Cardiff)

Zhuang

1 entries

Gvangjcouh name (former name of Guangzhou)

Sample sentences

25 total sentences available.

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I live in Canton.

Source: tatoeba (890507)

Does their father work for the canton?

Source: tatoeba (3073146)

My dream is to study Cantonese in Canton.

Source: tatoeba (8863259)

He'll sail from Philadelphia to Canton.

Source: tatoeba (12845036)

Showing 4 of 25 available sentences.

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