Kanton
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Kanton
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kanton m inan
Declension
Finnish
Etymology
From English Canton, from Portuguese Cantão, from Chinese 廣東／广东 (Guǎngdōng).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kanton
Declension
| Inflection of Kanton (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Kanton | — | |
| genitive | Kantonin | — | |
| partitive | Kantonia | — | |
| illative | Kantoniin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Kanton | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Kanton | — |
| gen. | Kantonin | ||
| genitive | Kantonin | — | |
| partitive | Kantonia | — | |
| inessive | Kantonissa | — | |
| elative | Kantonista | — | |
| illative | Kantoniin | — | |
| adessive | Kantonilla | — | |
| ablative | Kantonilta | — | |
| allative | Kantonille | — | |
| essive | Kantonina | — | |
| translative | Kantoniksi | — | |
| abessive | Kantonitta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
Kanton m (strong, genitive Kantons, plural Kantone)
- canton (state of Switzerland)
- Synonym: Stand
- (heraldry) canton
- (historical) canton (military enrollment district of Prussia, made obsolete by introduction of universal conscription in 1813)
Declension
Declension of Kanton
Derived terms
- Grenzkanton
- Halbkanton
- interkantonal
- kantonal
- kantonaliseren
- Kantonese
- Kantonesin
- Kantönligeist
- Kantonsbürgerrecht
- Kantonsgericht
- Kantonsgrenze
- Kantonshauptstadt
- Kantonsparlament
- Kantonspolizei
- Kantonsrat
- Kantonsrätin
- kantonsrätlich
- Kantonsregierung
- Kantonsschule
- Kantonsspital
- Kantonsstraße
- Kantonsverfassung
- Kantonsverwaltung
- Kantonsweibel
- Kantonsystem
- Kapo
- Ostkanton
- Urkanton
- Westkanton
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Kanton n (proper noun, genitive Kantons or (optionally with an article) Kanton)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Kanton” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Japanese
Romanization
Kanton
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
Noun
Kanton m (plural Kantoner)
Polish
Etymology
Internationalism; compare English Canton, French Canton, Russian Канто́н (Kantón), ultimately from Portuguese Cantão, from Mandarin 廣東／广东 (Guǎngdōng). Doublet of Guangdong.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kanton m inan (related adjective kantoński)
Declension
Declension of Kanton
Derived terms
nouns
Further reading
- Kanton in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Kanton in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Kanton in PWN's encyclopedia
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kanton m inan