canton是什么意思（canton的用法）

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一、canton是什么意思

1、canton （瑞士等国的）行政区，州

2、来自词根cant, 弯，转，角落，词源同decant, canteen. -on, 大词后缀。因瑞士多山而得名。

二、canton的用法

1、canton

2、canton: see cant

3、canton (n.)

4、1530s, "corner, angle," from Middle French canton "piece, portion of a country" (13c.), from Italian (Lombard dialect) cantone "region," especially in the mountains, augmentative of Latin canto "section of a country," literally "corner" (see cant (n.2)). Originally in English a term in heraldry and flag descriptions; applied to the sovereign states of the Swiss republic from 1610s. Related: Cantoned.

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