canton
Flag's upper corner
A canton is a political subdivision, most associated with Switzerland, where the country is divided into twenty-six semi-autonomous cantons.
More generally, canton can mean any small territorial district.
In heraldry, a canton is a small square in the corner of a shield—the American flag's blue field with stars occupies the canton position.
The Swiss canton of Geneva borders France. (Capitalized Canton refers to the Chinese city now called Guangzhou.)
One of four parts
- divisionSplitting into parts
- escutcheonShield bearing heraldry
- shieldHandheld defensive armor
- coat of armsHereditary symbolic emblem
blazon · charge · field · dexter · sinister · chief · base · marshalling
Portion of something larger
- districtBounded administrative area
- sectorDistinct division of whole
- zoneBounded area designation
- quarterOne of four parts
region · section · territory · administrative · jurisdiction · precinct
quarter
One of four parts
- divisionSplitting into parts
- escutcheonShield bearing heraldry
- shieldHandheld defensive armor
coat of arms · blazon · charge · field · dexter · sinister · chief · base · marshalling · impalement
subdivision
Portion of something larger
quarter · region · section · territory · administrative · jurisdiction · precinct
corner
Meeting point of edges
Switzerland
Alpine republic, perpetually neutral
- governancegovernance, government, democracy, vote, parliament
- geographic areascountry, county, province, district, zone
- Geographic Divisionsstate, county, district, province, municipality
- Geographic Termsterritory, borders, boundaries, region, zone
- jurisdictionscounty, city, province, state, counties
- territoriesprovince, state, region, country, colony
cantonnation
Sovereign political entity
country · federation · whole · sovereign state · empire
cantoncentral authority
Single governing power source
national government · centralized government · prefecture · department · province
- Canton SystemQing single-port trade restriction
- bel cantoElegant Italian vocal style
recant, decant, canto, cantonment, cantons, cantonal, recants, decants