cantón

  • 31Canton, TX — U.S. city in Texas Population (2000): 3292 Housing Units (2000): 1486 Land area (2000): 5.194354 sq. miles (13.453315 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.440753 sq. miles (1.141544 sq. km) Total area (2000): 5.635107 sq. miles (14.594859 sq. km) FIPS… …

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  • 32canton — CANTON. s. m. Coin, certain endroit d un pays ou d une ville, separé & different du reste. On ne recueille point de vin dans cette province, que dans un canton. dans cette ville il n y a qu un seul petit canton. ou il ait d honnestes gens.… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • 33Canton — Can ton, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cantoned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cantoning}.] [Cf. F.cantonner.] 1. To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division. [1913 Webster] They canton out themselves a little… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 34Canton — Nom très fréquent en Gascogne. Désigne celui qui habite un lieu dit (le) Canton (= coin, angle de deux routes ou de deux rues) …

    Noms de famille

  • 35Cantón — Forma tradicional española del nombre de esta provincia de China y de su capital: «Durante la llamada “Guerra del Opio” [...] los barcos de su majestad británica [...] bombardearon Cantón» (DAméricas [EE. UU.] 28.6.97). Las formas Guangdong y… …

    Diccionario panhispánico de dudas

  • 36canton — 1520s, from M.Fr. canton piece, portion of a country (13c.), from It. (Lombard dialect) cantone region, especially in the mountains, augmentive of L. canto section of a country, lit. corner (see CANT (Cf. cant) (2)). Originally in English a term… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 37Canton — [kan tän′; ] for 2 [ kant′ n] 1. a former transliteration of GUANGZHOU 2. [after Canton, suburb of Boston, named for the Chinese city] city in EC Ohio: pop. 81,000 …

    English World dictionary

  • 38CANTON — CANTON, port in southern China. The first mention of Jews in the city dates back to 878–79, when 120,000 Mohammedans, Jews, Christians, and Parsees are said to have been massacred during a rebellion. (As for the Jews this is not confirmed, since… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 39Canton — Can ton, n. A song or canto [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Write loyal cantons of contemned love. Shak. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 40Canton S — Canton S. Одна из основных (наряду с Oregon R) линий дикого типа Drosophila melanogaster, широко использующаяся в генетических экспериментах, в частности, для получения различных мутантных форм. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь… …

    Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.