Kanton

• IPA^(key): [ˈkanton]

Kanton m inan

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

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

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

Kanton

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

• kannot, konnat

• IPA^(key): /kanˈtoːn/
• (Switzerland) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnton/
• Rhymes: -oːn

Borrowed from French canton.

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)

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)

• “Kanton” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Kanton

1. Rōmaji transcription of カントン

• IPA^(key): /kɑnˈtoːn/

Kanton m (plural Kantoner)

1. canton

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

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

Kanton m inan (related adjective kantoński)

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

• Kanton in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Kanton in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Kanton in PWN's encyclopedia

• IPA^(key): [ˈkantɔn]

Kanton m inan

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