canton

English Thesaurus

1. a small administrative division of a country (noun.location)

hypernym	:	administrative district, administrative division, territorial division,
definition	:	a district defined for administrative purposes (noun.location)

hyponym	:	swiss canton,
definition	:	one of the cantons of Switzerland (noun.location)

2. a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port (noun.location)

instance hypernym	:	city, metropolis, urban center,
definition	:	a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts (noun.location)

instance hypernym	:	port,
definition	:	a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country (noun.location)

part meronym	:	cathay, china, communist china, mainland china, people's republic of china, prc, red china,
definition	:	a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world (noun.location)

3. divide into cantons, of a country (verb.social)

hypernym	:	carve up, dissever, divide, separate, split, split up,
definition	:	separate into parts or portions (verb.social)

4. provide housing for (military personnel) (verb.stative)

hypernym	:	accommodate, lodge,
definition	:	provide housing for (verb.stative)

domain category	:	armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine,
definition	:	the military forces of a nation (noun.group)

5. a small administrative division of a country (noun.location)

derivation	:	canton,
definition	:	divide into cantons, of a country (verb.social)

6. divide into cantons, of a country (verb.social)

derivation	:	canton,
definition	:	a small administrative division of a country (noun.location)

7. provide housing for (military personnel) (verb.stative)

derivation	:	billet,
definition	:	lodging for military personnel (especially in a private home) (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	bivouac, camp, cantonment, encampment,
definition	:	temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	living quarters, quarters,
definition	:	housing available for people to live in (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	quartering,
definition	:	living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel) (noun.artifact)

8. a small administrative division of a country (noun.location)

derivation	:	canton,
definition	:	divide into cantons, of a country (verb.social)

9. divide into cantons, of a country (verb.social)

derivation	:	canton,
definition	:	a small administrative division of a country (noun.location)

10. provide housing for (military personnel) (verb.stative)

derivation	:	billet,
definition	:	lodging for military personnel (especially in a private home) (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	bivouac, camp, cantonment, encampment,
definition	:	temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	living quarters, quarters,
definition	:	housing available for people to live in (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	quartering,
definition	:	living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel) (noun.artifact)