cantons is a form of:
Canton
noun
- 1.
- (a division of a country, especially of Switzerland, and of the states in the Swiss Republic) តំបន់, ស្រុក, មណ្ទល, សង្កាត់
- 2.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) ការិយាល័យរដ្ឋបាលរបស់ប្រទេសស្វិស
verb — past tense: cantoned ; past participle: cantoned ; present participle: cantoning ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) បោះទ័ព, តាំងនៅ
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to divide into cantons) រាយទ័ព
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A song or canto
- 2.
- A small portion; a division; a compartment.
- 3.
- A small community or clan.
- 4.
- A small territorial district; esp. one of the twenty-two independent states which form the Swiss federal republic; in France, a subdivision of an arrondissement.
- 5.
- A division of a shield occupying one third part of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top of the shield, meeting a horizontal line from the side.
verb — past tense: cantoned ; past participle: cantoned ; present participle: cantoning ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division.
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops.