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canton

/ˈkæntən/KAN-tuhn
/ˈkæntən/KAN-tuhn

Meaningan edge, corner

Common meaning: a district of a country

Journey through time

  1. Italiancanto‘an edge’source
  2. Italianmeaning shiftsan edge → a nookcantone‘a nook’source
  3. Frenchcantonsource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsa nook → a district of a countrycanton‘a district of a country’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Italian canto ‘an edge, corner’.

Roots

  • canto Italian “an edge, corner”

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