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
verbpast 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.
verbpast 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.