canton - Definition from the GOVERNMENT topic - POLITICS

Topic: GOVERNMENT

Date:	1500-1600
Language:	French
Origin:	'part, corner', from Italian cantone, from canto; CANTEEN

canton
noun

can‧ton

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[countable]

PG one of the areas that a country such as Switzerland is divided up into, that has limited political powers

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