cantón

See also: canton, Canton, and Cantón

Galician

Cantón grande, A Coruña, Galicia

Cantón grande, A Coruña, Galicia

Etymology

From canto (“extreme, corner”) +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈtoŋ/ [kɑn̪ˈt̪oŋ]
• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: can‧tón

Noun

cantón m (plural cantóns)

1. corner, extreme of a field
2. promenade
   • 1833, Florencio Pol, Espello de deputados, page 4 (in Ramón Mariño Paz (2008), Papés d'emprenta condenada. A escrita galega entre 1797 e 1846.):

     ó chegar á súa casa fun dar, que é indo polo cantón sin torcer, no mesmo andar pregunto polo Señor pro mui logo o vin baixar

     arriving there I found his house, which is just straight down the promenade, on the same floor I asked for the lord, but at the moment I saw him coming down

3. canton, district

Derived terms

• Cantón

 

Related terms

• canto
• recanto

 

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “canton”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cantón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cantón”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Ligurian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaŋˈtuŋ/

Noun

cantón m (plural cantoìn)

1. corner (space in the angle between converging lines or walls)

Spanish

Etymology

From Middle French canton.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈton/ [kãn̪ˈt̪õn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: can‧tón

Noun

cantón m (plural cantones)

1. canton, district
2. canton: division of a flag
3. (heraldry) canton: square charge placed on a coat of arms, occupying one third of the chief
4. (Aragon, Basque Country) alley, side street
5. (Mexico) home, crib

Derived terms

• acantonar

 

Further reading

• “cantón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10