c 3 a 1 n 1 t 1 o 1 n 1
6 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a small administrative division of a country
verb provide housing for (military personnel)
verb divide into cantons, of a country
originFrom Portuguese Cantão, from Mandarin 廣東 /广东 (Guǎngdōng). Doublet of Guangdong. Compare Spanish Cantón, French Canton, Italian Canton, Russian Кантон (Kanton). Unrelated to English canton.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0