canton

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

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa uma pequena unidade administrativa ou divisão territorial dentro de um país, como na Suíça, ou uma subdivisão regional em outros contextos, como na França.

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.

   🇵🇹Cantão

   Sinônimos: 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.

• 🇵🇹Verbo raro e geralmente arcaico que significa dividir ou separar um território em cantões ou distritos; também pode significar aquartelar ou alojar tropas em casas particulares.

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.

   🇵🇹Aquartelar

   Sinônimos: accommodatebillethouselodgequarterstation

   Antônimos: 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.

   🇵🇹Dividir em cantões

   Sinônimos: districtdividepartitionsectionsubdividezone

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