Kanton

See also: kanton and kantón

English

Proper noun

Kanton

1. An island of Kiribati.
   • 2016 September 1, “2015 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS”, in National Statistics Office Ministry of Finance‎^[1], archived from the original on 19 August 2019, page 2:

     I extend also words of thanks to Neeti Komeri who supervised the census operation in the Line islands, and to Kairoronga who kindly agreed to enumerate people on Kanton island.

2. A village on Kanton, Kiribati.

References

• Report on the Kiribati 2015 Census of Population and Housing

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkanton]

Proper noun

Kanton m inan

1. Guangzhou (the capital and largest city of Guangdong, in southeastern China)

Declension

Declension of Kanton (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Kanton
genitive	Kantonu
dative	Kantonu
accusative	Kanton
vocative	Kantone
locative	Kantonu
instrumental	Kantonem

Finnish

Etymology

From English Canton, from Portuguese Cantão, from Chinese 廣東／广东 (Guǎngdōng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnton/, [ˈkɑ̝n̪t̪o̞n]
• Rhymes: -ɑnton
• Syllabification^(key): Kan‧ton
• Hyphenation^(key): Kan‧ton

Proper noun

Kanton

1. Guangzhou (the capital and largest city of Guangdong, in southeastern China)

Declension

Inflection of Kanton (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Kanton	—
genitive		Kantonin	—
partitive		Kantonia	—
illative		Kantoniin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Kanton	—
accusative	nom.	Kanton	—
	gen.	Kantonin
genitive		Kantonin	—
partitive		Kantonia	—
inessive		Kantonissa	—
elative		Kantonista	—
illative		Kantoniin	—
adessive		Kantonilla	—
ablative		Kantonilta	—
allative		Kantonille	—
essive		Kantonina	—
translative		Kantoniksi	—
abessive		Kantonitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Kanton (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Kantonini — accusative nom. Kantonini — gen. Kantonini genitive Kantonini — partitive Kantoniani — inessive Kantonissani — elative Kantonistani — illative Kantoniini — adessive Kantonillani — ablative Kantoniltani — allative Kantonilleni — essive Kantoninani — translative Kantonikseni — abessive Kantonittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Kantonisi — accusative nom. Kantonisi — gen. Kantonisi genitive Kantonisi — partitive Kantoniasi — inessive Kantonissasi — elative Kantonistasi — illative Kantoniisi — adessive Kantonillasi — ablative Kantoniltasi — allative Kantonillesi — essive Kantoninasi — translative Kantoniksesi — abessive Kantonittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Kantonimme — accusative nom. Kantonimme — gen. Kantonimme genitive Kantonimme — partitive Kantoniamme — inessive Kantonissamme — elative Kantonistamme — illative Kantoniimme — adessive Kantonillamme — ablative Kantoniltamme — allative Kantonillemme — essive Kantoninamme — translative Kantoniksemme — abessive Kantonittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Kantoninne — accusative nom. Kantoninne — gen. Kantoninne genitive Kantoninne — partitive Kantonianne — inessive Kantonissanne — elative Kantonistanne — illative Kantoniinne — adessive Kantonillanne — ablative Kantoniltanne — allative Kantonillenne — essive Kantoninanne — translative Kantoniksenne — abessive Kantonittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Kantoninsa — accusative nom. Kantoninsa — gen. Kantoninsa genitive Kantoninsa — partitive Kantoniaan Kantoniansa — inessive Kantonissaan Kantonissansa — elative Kantonistaan Kantonistansa — illative Kantoniinsa — adessive Kantonillaan Kantonillansa — ablative Kantoniltaan Kantoniltansa — allative Kantonilleen Kantonillensa — essive Kantoninaan Kantoninansa — translative Kantonikseen Kantoniksensa — abessive Kantonittaan Kantonittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• kantonilainen

compounds

• kantoninkielinen
• kantoninkiina

Anagrams

• kannot, konnat

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈtoːn/
• (Switzerland) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnton/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -oːn

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French canton.

Noun

Kanton m (strong, genitive Kantons, plural Kantone)

1. canton (state of Switzerland)

   Synonym: Stand

2. (heraldry) canton
3. (historical) canton (military enrollment district of Prussia, made obsolete by introduction of universal conscription in 1813)
4. township (of Canada)

Declension

Declension of Kanton [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Kanton	die	Kantone
genitive	eines	des	Kantons	der	Kantone
dative	einem	dem	Kanton	den	Kantonen
accusative	einen	den	Kanton	die	Kantone

Derived terms

• 27. Kanton
• Grenzkanton
• Grosser Kanton
• Halbkanton
• interkantonal
• kantonal
• kantonaliseren
• Kantonese
• Kantonesin
• Kantönligeist
• Kantonsbürgerrecht
• Kantonsgericht
• Kantonsgrenze
• Kantonshauptstadt
• Kantonsparlament
• Kantonspolizei
• Kantonsrat
• Kantonsrätin
• kantonsrätlich
• Kantonsregierung
• Kantonsschule
• Kantonsspital
• Kantonsstraße
• Kantonsverfassung
• Kantonsverwaltung
• Kantonsweibel
• Kantonsystem
• Kapo
• Ostkanton
• Urkanton
• Westkanton

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Kanton n (proper noun, genitive Kantons or (optionally with an article) Kanton)

1. Canton (former name of Guangzhou, the capital and largest city of Guangdong in southeastern China)
2. (rare) Canton (former name of Guangdong, a province in southeastern China)

Derived terms

• kantonesisch
• Kantonesisch

Further reading

• “Kanton”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[2] (in German)

Japanese

Romanization

Kanton

1. Rōmaji transcription of カントン

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑnˈtoːn/

Noun

Kanton m (plural Kantoner)

1. canton

Polish

Kanton

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English Canton, French Canton, Russian Канто́н (Kantón), ultimately from Portuguese Cantão, from Mandarin 廣東 / 广东 (Guǎngdōng). Doublet of Guangdong.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkan.tɔn/
• Rhymes: -antɔn
• Syllabification: Kan‧ton
• Homophone: kanton

Proper noun

Kanton m inan (related adjective kantoński)

1. Guangzhou (the capital and largest city of Guangdong, China)

Declension

Declension of Kanton

	singular
nominative	Kanton
genitive	Kantonu
dative	Kantonowi
accusative	Kanton
instrumental	Kantonem
locative	Kantonie
vocative	Kantonie

Derived terms

nouns

• kantonka
• kantończyk

Further reading

• “Kanton”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “Kanton”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)
• Kanton in PWN's encyclopedia

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kantɔn/, [ˈkantɔn]
• Rhymes: -antɔn
• Hyphenation: Kan‧ton

Proper noun

Kanton m inan

1. Guangzhou (the capital and largest city of Guangdong, in southeastern China)