canton

A noun referring to a small administrative division or territorial unit within a country, such as those found in Switzerland.

• 🌐اسم يشير إلى وحدة إدارية أو إقليمية صغيرة داخل دولة، كما في سويسرا، أو مقاطعة أو قسم إداري مماثل في بعض البلدان.

1. Administrative division B2 formal

   A small territorial or administrative division within a country, especially in Switzerland.

   • Switzerland is divided into 26 cantons.
   • Each canton in Switzerland has its own constitution.
   • The canton of Zurich is the most populous in the country.

   🌐كانتون

   المرادفات: districtprovinceregionstateterritory

• cantons plural form
• cantons' possessive plural form
• canton's possessive singular form

An archaic verb meaning to divide or partition, especially into cantons or districts.

• 🌐فعل قديم يعني تقسيم الشيء أو تجزئته، وخاصة إلى كانتونات أو مقاطعات أو مناطق إدارية.

1. Quarter troops C1 formal british

   To assign or provide accommodation for soldiers or military personnel, typically in a specific area or building.

   • The general ordered the troops to be cantoned in the nearby village.
   • During the campaign, the army was cantoned in temporary barracks.
   • The soldiers were cantoned in private homes for the winter.

   🌐توزيع الجنود في الثكنات

   المرادفات: accommodatebillethouselodgequarterstation

   الأضداد: assembleconcentratedisbandmuster

2. Divide into districts C1 formal british

   To partition or organize a country or region into smaller administrative divisions called cantons.

   • The new law sought to canton the territory into autonomous regions.
   • Switzerland is cantoned into 26 distinct states.
   • The government decided to canton the province for better local governance.

   🌐تقسيم إلى كانتونات

   المرادفات: districtdividepartitionsectionsubdividezone

• cantonned past participle
• cantonned past simple
• cantonning present participle
• cantons third person singular