คำว่า ' canton ' ( N )
มีความหมายในภาษาไทยว่า หน่วยการปกครองเล็กๆ หน่วยหนึ่ง (โดยเฉพาะในสวิตเซอร์แลนด์และฝรั่งเศส)
คำนิยามในภาษาอังกฤษ (definition) :
[n.] A song or canto
[n.] A small portion; a division; a compartment.
[n.] A small community or clan.
[n.] 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. See Arrondissement.
[n.] 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.
[v. i.] To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division.
[v. i.] To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops.