canton

/kæn'tɑn/ nounverb
6 letters2 syllables8 points in Scrabble®11 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS4
NOUN
1

A city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port.

2

A small administrative division of a country.

VERB
1

Provide housing for (military personnel).

2

Divide into cantons, of a country.

WORD FORMS
Related formcantonment
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®8 points
Words With Friends®11 points
Double word16 points
Triple word24 points
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Pig Latinantoncay
Starts & ends withC … N
Syllablescan · ton
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