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Canton, China, USA Nanwu Cheng, Wuyang Cheng, Ban‐Yü, Nanhai Guangzhai (China)1. China (Guangdong): the local name is Guangzhou. The city is the capital of Guangdong province from which Canton gets its conventional European name; this originated with the Portuguese who called it Cantão in the 16th century. It means ‘Large Region’ from guăng and zhōu. However, it has been suggested that guăng meant ‘yellow’ in the native tongue of the original inhabitants of the region and that the Chinese guăng is an attempt to approximate the sound of the original language. The city gives its name to one of the two major Chinese dialects, Cantonese, spoken in the south and Hong Kong. Wuyang Cheng means ‘City of Five Goats’ and refers to a myth about five immortal beings who are said either to have raised five goats of different colours or who appeared as goats. The city was then named Ban‐Yü after the two hills, Ban and Yü, when the city spread to embrace both.2. USA: seventeen states have a town or city named after the city in China, either directly because they were believed to be diametrically opposite—on the other side of the earth—to the Chinese city, or because they had some other connection, such as trade.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Canton." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Canton." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Canton.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Canton." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Canton.html |
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canton. Pier or other projection at an angle of a building, such as antae, columns, pilasters, or rusticated quoins. Any work of architecture with this condition is said to be cantoned, from the French cantonné. A cantoned pier (pilier cantonné) is found in Gothic architecture, otherwise a compound pier with a massive core and four projecting piers or shafts connecting to the transverse vaults over nave and aisle and the nave-arcade.
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "canton." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "canton." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-canton.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "canton." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-canton.html |
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can·ton / ˈkantn; ˈkanˌtän/ • n. 1. a subdivision of a country established for political or administrative purposes. ∎ a state of the Swiss Confederation. 2. Heraldry a square charge smaller than a quarter and positioned in the upper (usually dexter) corner of a shield. DERIVATIVES: can·ton·al / kanˈtänl; ˈkantnl/ adj. |
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"canton." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "canton." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-canton010.html "canton." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-canton010.html |
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canton †corner; (her.) ordinary of a shield XVI; subdivision of a country XVII. — (O)F. — Pr. :- Rom. *canto, -ōn-, f. L. cantus CANT 1.
So canton vb. quarter (in various senses). XVI. cantonment quarters. XVIII. |
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T. F. HOAD. "canton." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "canton." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-canton.html T. F. HOAD. "canton." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-canton.html |
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"Canton." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Canton." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-CantonRiv.html "Canton." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-CantonRiv.html |
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"Canton." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Canton." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-CantonCh.html "Canton." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-CantonCh.html |
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canton Unit of government and administration that make up the Swiss Confederation (Switzerland). Each canton sends two members to the Council of State, which (with the National Council) forms the country's federal parliament.
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"canton." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "canton." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-canton.html "canton." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-canton.html |
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Canton See Guangzhou
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"Canton." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Canton." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-Canton.html "Canton." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-Canton.html |
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canton
•Agamemnon, Memnon
•ninon, xenon
•noumenon • Trianon • xoanon
•organon • Simenon • Maintenon
•crampon, kampong, tampon
•Nippon • coupon
•Akron, Dacron, macron
•electron • natron • Hebron • positron
•Heilbronn • micron
•boron, moron, oxymoron
•neutron • interferon
•fleuron, Huron, neuron
•Oberon • mellotron • aileron
•cyclotron • Percheron • Mitterrand
•vigneron • croissant • Maupassant
•garçon • Cartier-Bresson • exon
•frisson • Oxon • chanson • Tucson
•soupçon • Aubusson • Besançon
•penchant • torchon • cabochon
•Anton, canton, Danton
•lepton
•piton, Teton
•krypton • feuilleton • magneton
•chiton
•photon, proton
•croûton, futon
•eschaton • peloton • contretemps
•telethon
•talkathon, walkathon
•Avon • tableau vivant • vol-au-vent
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"canton." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "canton." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-canton.html "canton." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-canton.html |
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