ETYM French canton, augm. of Old Fren. cant edge, corner. Related to Cant.
A small administrative division of a country.

(US) City in NE Ohio, US, SE of Akron; seat of Stark County; Its products include office equipment, ceramics, and steel. The home of President William McKinley is here, as is the Football Hall of Fame.(China) Alternative spelling of Kwangchow or Guangzhou, a city in China.
1. A city on the Canton River Delta in southern China; a major deep-water port; Also called: Kuangchou, Kwangchow, Guangzhou.
2. Borough in Pennsylvania (USA); zip code 17724.
3. City in Georgia (USA); zip code 30114.
4. City in Illinois (USA); zip code 61520.
5. City in Kansas (USA); zip code 67428.
6. City in Minnesota (USA); zip code 55922.
7. City in Mississippi (USA); zip code 39046.
8. City in Missouri (USA); zip code 63435.
9. City in Ohio (USA).
10. City in South Dakota (USA); zip code 57013.
11. City in Texas (USA); zip code 75103.
12. Town in North Carolina (USA); zip code 28716.
13. Town in Oklahoma (USA); zip code 73724.
14. Unincorporated community in Michigan (USA).
15. Village in New York (USA); zip code 13617.

To divide into cantons, of a country.
dexter chief region of a heraldic field
In France, an administrative district, a subdivision of the arrondissement; in Switzerland, one of the 23 subdivisions forming the Confederation.