Canton

Canton can mean many different things.

• A canton is a way to divide the land of a country. It is like dividing the country into different regions or states. The word comes from the Latin word canto which means "a section of a country".
  • These countries use cantons to divide their land:
    • Bosnia and Herzegovina - see cantons of Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • Canada: Canadian French for "township".
    • Costa Rica - see cantons of Costa Rica
    • Ecuador: smaller divisions inside the provinces of Ecuador - see cantons of Ecuador
    • France: smaller divisions inside the arrondissements of France - see cantons of France
    • Luxembourg: smaller divisions inside the districts of Luxembourg - see cantons of Luxembourg
    • Switzerland - see cantons of Switzerland
    • Jersey: smaller divisions inside the vingtaines of Jersey.
    • In the Ottoman Empire, a "kaza" was a district within a province and was sometimes called a canton.

• canton (liqueur), a ginger-flavored liqueur that is made in the Guangdong province in China
• the upper left part of a flag

Places:

• Canton, an old English name for the city of Guangzhou, China
• Canton, an old English name for the province of Guangdong, China
• Canton, Connecticut, USA
• Canton, Georgia, USA
• Canton, Illinois, USA
• Canton, Baltimore neighborhood and park in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
• Canton, Massachusetts, USA
• Canton Township, Michigan, United States
• Canton, Mississippi, USA
• Canton, Missouri, USA
• Canton, New York
  • Canton (village), New York , USA
  • Canton (town), New York , USA
• Canton, North Carolina, USA
• Canton, Ohio, USA
• Canton, Oklahoma, USA
• Canton, Pennsylvania, USA
• Canton, South Dakota, USA
• Canton Township, Michigan, USA
• Canton Township, Pennsylvania, USA
• Canton, Texas, USA
• Canton, Cardiff, a district of the Welsh capital
• Kanton Island (used to be "Canton Island"), part of Kiribati