Canton
Template:Wiktionary Canton may refer to:
Administrative divisions
[edit]- Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries
- Township (Canada), known as canton in Canadian French
Arts and entertainment
[edit]- Canton (band), an Italian synth pop group
- "Canton" (song) by Japan
- Canton, a fictional town in "Jaynestown", an episode of Firefly
Design
[edit]- Canton (building), a corner pilaster
- Canton (flag), an emblem placed in the top left quarter of a flag
- Canton (heraldry), a square or other charge (symbol) occupying the upper left corner of a coat of arms
- Canton porcelain, Chinese ceramic ware
People
[edit]- Canton (surname), and list of people with the surname
- Canton Jones, American Christian music/hip-hop artist
Places
[edit]Canada
[edit]- Canton, New Brunswick, a community in Drummond Parish, New Brunswick
- Canton, Ontario
China
[edit]- Guangdong (Canton Province), province in southern China
- Guangzhou (Canton City), capital of Guangdong Province
- Canton River (Pearl River), a river in southern China near Guangzhou
- Canton Road, Hong Kong
United States
[edit]- Canton, Connecticut
- Canton, Georgia
- Canton, Illinois
- Canton, Indiana
- Canton, Iowa
- Canton, Kansas
- Canton, Maine
- Canton, Baltimore, Maryland, a neighborhood and park
- Canton, Massachusetts
- Canton, Michigan
- Canton, Minnesota
- Canton, Mississippi
- Canton, Missouri
- Canton, Montana, a former town now situated under Canyon Ferry Lake
- Canton, New Jersey
- Canton, New York, a town
- Canton (village), New York
- Canton, North Carolina
- Canton City, North Dakota
- Canton, Ohio
- Canton, Oklahoma
- Canton, Pennsylvania
- Canton, South Dakota
- Canton, Texas
- Canton, West Virginia
- Canton, Wisconsin, a town
- Canton, Barron County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
- Canton River (United States), a river in Canton, Massachusetts, United States
- Canton Township (disambiguation)
Kiribati
[edit]Wales
[edit]- Canton, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Other uses
[edit]- Canton (1790 EIC ship), an East Indiaman
- Canton (basketball), a 1906–1907 basketball team in Canton, Ohio, US
- Canton (liqueur), a ginger-flavored liqueur
- Canton Fair, a biannual trade fair in Canton (Guangzhou), China
- Canton System, a Chinese trade policy from 1757 to 1842
- Canton System (Prussia), unrelated to the above - a system of recruitment to the Prussian Army
- A metonym for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, located in Canton, Ohio, US
- Canton Electronics, German loudspeaker manufacturer
See also
[edit]- New Canton, Illinois
- New Canton, Virginia
- West Canton, North Carolina
- East Canton, Ohio
- North Canton, Ohio
- Cantoning, the division of soldiers into groups for the purpose of billeting on campaign or to garrison a territory
- Kanton (disambiguation)
- Cantone (disambiguation)
- Cantonist, sons of Russian conscripts who were educated in special canton schools
- East Cantons, a region of eastern Belgium
- Afrin Canton, one of the cantons of the autonomous Democratic Federation of Northern Syria
- Shahba Canton, one of the cantons of the autonomous Democratic Federation of Northern Syria
- Pancit canton, a Philippine noodle dish