canton

suomi-englanti sanakirja

canton englannista suomeksi

1. kantoni, piirikunta

2. majoittaa

3. jakaa

1. piirikunta, kantoni

2. kolkka

2. Substantiivi

canton englanniksi

1. Canton

1. (senseid) A division of a political unit.

2. 1912, Joseph McCabe (translator), ''We Must Take Sides; or, The Principle of Action'' (originally by (w))

These three millions live in a small canton of Egypt which cannot maintain twenty thousand people

3. 20 May, 1686, (w), ''letter from Nimmengen''

(quote) in which, in six several cantons, the several parts of our Saviour's passion are represented.

4. (senseid) One of the states comprising the Confederation. (C)

5. A subdivision of an ''arrondissement'' of France. (C)

6. A division of Luxembourg, of Bosnia and Herzegovina, etc.

7. A subdivision of a county, of Quebec, Canada; equivalent to a township. (C)

8. A small community or clan.

9. A subdivision of a flag, the rectangular inset on the upper hoist (i.e., flagpole) side, the upper-left quadrant of a flag, (the stars of the US national flag are in a canton).

10. (senseid) A division of a shield occupying one third of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.

11. (RQ:Evelyn Diary)

12. To delineate as a separate district.

13. To divide into cantons.

14. To quarter troops by requisitioning housing from the civilian population.

15. 1854, O. F. Winship, E. E. McLean (translators), ''Summary of the Art of War'' (originally by (w))

To the end of husbanding the supplies, he will cause to be cantoned in the cities and villages the greatest possible numbers of troops

16. To be allotted such quarters.

An army, falling back upon its lines of magazines, may ... make its retreat with more security than one which has to canton, to subsist, and to extend itself to find cantonments.

17. A song or canto.

18. (RQ:Shakespeare Twelfth Night)

19. (l) (gloss)

20. township (gloss)

21. (l)

22. corner

23. canton

24. (l)