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— English words —

• canton n. A division of a political unit.
• canton n. A small community or clan.
• canton n. A subdivision of a flag, the rectangular inset on the upper hoist (i.e., flagpole) side (e.g., the stars…
• canton n. (Heraldry) A division of a shield occupying one third of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed…
• canton v. (Transitive) To delineate as a separate district.
• canton v. (Transitive) To divide into cantons.
• canton v. (Transitive) To allot quarters to troops.
• canton n. (Obsolete) A song or canto.
• Canton prop.n. Several places in China…
• Canton prop.n. A hamlet in Ontario, Canada.
• Canton prop.n. Several places in the United States…
• Canton prop.n. An inner city district and community in Cardiff, Wales (OS grid ref ST1676).
• Canton prop.n. A topographical surname from French.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Galician
  • cantón n. Corner, extreme of a field.
  • cantón n. Promenade.
  • cantón n. Canton, district.
• Ligurian
  • cantón n. Corner (space in the angle between converging lines or walls).
• Occitan - Romanian
  • canton n. Canton.
• Occitan - Venetian
  • canton n. Corner.

— English words, defined in French —

• canton n. (Toponymie) Canton.
• canton n. (Héraldique) Canton.
• canton n. (Vexillologie) Canton.
• canton n. (Administration) Canton (de Suisse).
• Canton n.prop. Canton (ville chinoise).
• Canton n.prop. (Géographie) Communauté du Pays de Galles situé dans l’autorité unitaire de Cardiff.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• Canton s. Cantão.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• canton s. (Araldica) cantone: nell’araldica inglese il cantone non compare mai nella base dello scudo e, se compare…

— In French —

• canton n.m. (Toponymie) Certaine partie d’un pays considérée comme…
• canton n.m. (Héraldique).
• canton n.m. (Chemin de fer) Subdivision d’une voie ferrée servant au…
• canton n.m. (Vieilli) Section de route, généralement départementale…
• canton n.m. (Vexillologie) Quartier supérieur du guindant d’un drapeau…
• Canton n.prop.m. (Toponymie) Ville sous-provinciale, capitale de la…
• Canton n.prop. (Géographie) Communauté du Pays de Galles situé dans…

— In Spanish —

• cantón s. Lugar donde convergen dos paredes o superficies análogas.
• cantón s. División administrativa de diversa importancia, según el…
• cantón s. Lugar en que se mantienen tropas.
• cantón s. Pueblo o aldea.^{[definición imprecisa]}.
• cantón s. Calle lateral pequeña, a la que no dan las puertas de las casas.
• cantón s. Heráldica. Cuarta parte del escudo, cada uno de los cuatro…
• cantón s. Lugar alto que sobresale en medio de un terreno plano.
• cantón s. Lugar, barrio o casa en el que se habita.
• cantón s. Tela de algodón parecida a la cachemira.
• Cantón s. Ciudad de China. La comida cantonesa tiene reputación mundial.

— In Italian —

• Canton n.prop. (Toponimo) (geografia) città della Cina sudorientale.

74 English words from 19 English definitions

allot and angle between Canada canto Canton cantons Cardiff chief China city clan community converging Corner delineate dexter district divide division extreme field flag flagpole formed French from grid hamlet Heraldry hoist inner inner␣city inset into lines Obsolete occupying of␣a one one␣third Ontario on␣the places political political␣unit Promenade quarters rectangular ref separate Several shield side small song space stars States subdivision surname the third topographical Transitive troops unit United United␣States upper usually Wales walls

41 English words from 26 foreign definitions

Administration a␣la aldea alto barrio base Canton Cardiff casa casas Certaine Chemin␣de␣fer China compare Cuarta cuatro dan dans del dos escudo fer las lateral Lugar mai medio non parte pays Pueblo Quartier que route scudo Section servant sous Subdivision superficies Tela

77 foreign words from 26 foreign definitions

administrativa algodón análogas araldica autorité autorité␣unitaire cachemira cada Calle Cantão cantone capitale Chemin chinoise Cina città Ciudad comida comme Communauté considérée convergen de␣fer definición de␣la della dello départementale diversa División donde drapeau ferrée Galles généralement geografia Géographie guindant habita Heráldica Héraldique importancia imprecisa inglese los mantienen mundial nell nella parecida paredes partie Pays␣de␣Galles pequeña plano provinciale puertas reputación según situé sobresale sudorientale Suisse supérieur terreno tiene Toponimo Toponymie tropas une unitaire uno Vexillologie Vieilli ville voie voie␣ferrée

34 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

Cantone cantons cantonal cantoned cantoner Cantones cantoners Cantonese cantoning cantonise cantonist cantonize cantonised cantonises cantonists cantonized cantonizes cantonment cantonalism cantonalist Canton␣crape cantonising cantonizing cantonments cantonalists Canton␣crapes Canton␣Jargon Canton␣flannel cantonization Cantonese␣opera Canton␣flannels cantonizations Cantonese␣operas Canton's␣phosphorus

One time in the middle (New word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

incantoning

2 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Wincanton pancit␣canton

25 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ant Ant ANT -ant an't ant- ant. Ant. a'n't Anton can Can CAN Can. cant Cant can't Cant. ca'n't canto Canto NTO ton TON -ton

6 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

NAC not NOT not. Not. TNA

5 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

cannot Conant Nacton nonact noncat

16 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

actinon cannots cantion Cantone cantons cantoon Clanton Conants connate contain nanotic n-octane nonacts noncats nonfact Sancton

17 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

acton Acton act␣on ancon Ancon annot. Anton cann't canon Canon cañon canto Canto Caton Conan nanto octan

35 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

Banton Calton Cancon CanCon canion cannon Cannon Cantin cantor Cantor cantos Cantos canyon Canyon carton Carton Caston cast-on cast␣on Catton Caxton Cayton danton ganton Hanton kanton manton Manton Nanton panton Panton santon Santon Tanton wanton

7 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

Anton canon Canon cañon canto Canto Caton

3 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

cantion cantoon Clanton

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