Canton

canton cantón Cantón English +, Cardiff Etymology 1 From en pt Cantão, from en cmn 廣東. en Guangdong. Compare es Cantón, fr Canton, it Canton, ru Кантон. Unrelated to en canton. Pronunciation en /ˌkænˈtɒn/ /ˈkænˌtɒn/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Canton.wav Southern England en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Canton2.wav Southern England kǎn"tǒn' kǎn'tǒn"en 1952 Canton Leon E. Seltzer The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/ Morningside Heights, NY Columbia University Press 802473294 326 https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/page/326/ 1 kǎnʹtǒnʹen 1979 Can·ton The International Geographic Encyclopedia and Atlas https://archive.org/details/internationalgeo00houg/ Boston Houghton Mifflin Company 0-395-27170-3 79-2721 5171913 132 https://archive.org/details/internationalgeo00houg/page/132/ 2 Proper noun Several places in China: Guangzhou, the capital and largest city of Guangdong, China. en 1693 w:Robert Morden Of China Geography Rectified; or a Description of the World https://archive.org/details/geographyrectifi00mord/ 3rd 1206333845 441–442 https://archive.org/details/geographyrectifi00mord/page/441/ The Province of Quantung lies along upon the Sea-ſhore, having many convenient Havens and Harbors ; it contains ten Counties, and eighty great and ſmall Cities. Quancheu, or Canton by the Portugals, is the Metropolis and chief of the Province ; exceedingly beautified with Pagodes, Palaces, ſtately Structures, and Triumphal Arches ; fortified with ſtrong Walls, Towers, Bulwarks and Redoubts, defended by five Caſtles. 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 28: Canton is alſo the name of a large, populous, and wealthy city and port-town of China, ſituated on the river Ta, about fifty miles from the Indian ocean... It is a fortified place, within the walls of which no Chriſtians are permitted to enter, notwithſtanding their great trade thither; it being from thence that they import all manner of Chineſe goods, as china-ware, tea, cabinets, raw and wrought ſilks, gold-duſt, &c. en https://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Pze_wwEACAAJ 1895 Forty Years in China: Or, China in Transition Rosswell Hobart Graves R. H. Woodward Company Baltimore 14–15 Though much of the mountain land is still in forest and not occupied by man, the fertile valleys and extended plains are very thickly settled, so that China’s population to the square mile is very great. The most populous city is probably Canton, with a million and a half inhabitants, then comes Peking, the capital, and other seaports and centers of population, as Shanghai, Foochow, Han-kow, etc. en https://archive.org/details/britishinchinafa00smituoft/mode/2up 1920 The British in China and Far Eastern Trade Cades Alfred Middleton Smith Constable & Co. Ltd. London 23 The earliest pioneer of British free trade in Canton was Mr. William Jardine, founder of the still flourishing firm of Jardine, Matheson, and Co., who visited China off and on between the years 1802 and 1818, and resided in Canton continuously from 1820 to January 31, 1839. en https://archive.org/details/strongmanofchina0000berk 1938 Strong Man of China: The Story of Chiang Kai-shek Robert Berkov Houghton Mifflin Company Boston 49 Four days later Chiang Kai-shek, now commander-in-chief of the garrisons in Canton, was in full control of the city. The left wing of the Kuomintang was firmly established in power, and Chiang was its acknowledged head. en https://archive.org/details/whilsttimeisburn0000kidd/ 1974 Whilst Time is Burning J. Roby Kidd w:International Development Research Centre 51 In China, a combination of television, radio, posters, inexpensive print is used with great effectiveness as reenforcement for programs to teach Mandarin Chinese. I have observed this admirable program in Canton. en https://archive.org/details/sim_free-china-weekly_1979-03-18_20_10 May 6, 1979 Human rights group Free China Weekly XX 17 Taipei 3 https://archive.org/details/sim_free-china-weekly_1979-05-06_20_17/page/n2/ A handbill strongly condemning Deng Xiaoping Teng Hsiao-ping was circulated in Kwangtung early last month by a human rights group based in Fushan near Canton according to an intelligence report. en https://archive.org/details/powerplentytrade00rona/ 2007 Power and Plenty w:Ronald Findlay; Kevin O'Rourke Kevin H. O'Rourke w:Princeton University Press 173 Chinese traders, mostly from the southern ports of Amoy (Hsia-men) and Canton, took raw silk, fabrics, and apparel to Manila, where these cargoes were sold for silver and carried back for sale in the New World. en https://archive.org/details/fdrs-ambassadors-and-the-diplomacy-of-crisis/ 2013 978-1-107-03126-5 FDR's Ambassadors and the Diplomacy of Crisis David Mayers w:Cambridge University Press 22 He consequently denounced the naval and air assaults on Shanghai, the injuries visited upon Nanjing, and later (June 1938) the aerial bombardment of Canton. en Guangdong, a province of China. en 1721 w:John Senex A New General Atlas, Containing A Geographical And Historical Account Of All The Empires, Kingdoms And Other Dominions Of The World https://archive.org/details/new-general-atlas-by-john-senex/ London 422277841 216 https://archive.org/details/new-general-atlas-by-john-senex/page/216/ XVIII. Quanton, or Canton, lies Eaſt and South from Quanſi, and is the moſt Southern Province of the Empire. Nieuhoff ſays, here are ſeveral ſafe Harbours and Roads, that it produces all Neceſſaries for Life, and has two Harveſts a year. Their Winter is very warm, and their Fields always verdant. en 1830 Reports from the Select Committee of the House of Commons Appointed to Enquire Into the Present State of the Affairs of the East-India Company https://archive.org/details/new-general-atlas-by-john-senex/ London 29 https://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Wm9UAAAAYAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&pg=PA17-IA12#v=onepage&q&f=false The black tea imported by the East-India Company is grown and manufactured in the province of Fokien, with the exception of about one-third of that sort called by us bohea, which third part is produced in the north-eastern corner of the province of Canton, in a district called Wo-Ping, which gives its name to the tea in question. en 1854 John Kesson XVI The Cross and the Dragon, or the Fortunes of Christianity in China: with notices of the Christian Missions and Missionaries, and some account of the Chinese secret societies https://archive.org/details/crossdragonorfor00kess_0/ w:Smith, Elder, and Co. 8513872 229 https://archive.org/details/crossdragonorfor00kess_0/page/229/ He left the junk at Shan-wei in the province of Canton, and from there took a boat which conveyed him to Macao. en Journal of the North-China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 1 1861 1865 Shanghai Narrative of an overland trip, through Hunan, from Canton to Hankow W. Dickson https://archive.org/details/new-general-atlas-by-john-senex/ 161 https://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ilJcrRJe4dwC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&pg=PA161#v=onepage&q&f=false MANY travellers have passed up the Canton river, and by the way of Nanhiung, over the Meiling Pass and across the Poyang Lake, reached the Yangtsze Kiang through the province of Kiangsi; while very few have reached the same Great River through the province of Hunan, across the Tungting Lake and over the same range of hills, further west, by way of Loh-chang in the province of Canton. en Notes and Queries on China and Japan 1 5 1867 N. D. Dennys Hongkong Charles A. Saint Ethnographic Sketches of the Hak-Ka Chinese E. J. Eitel https://archive.org/details/new-general-atlas-by-john-senex/ 50 https://books.google.com.hk/books?id=0AQMAAAAYAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&pg=PA50#v=onepage&q&f=false If we look at the map of Canton Province, we observe in the eastern corner the Ch'aou-chow department, with its nine districts. One of them, the Ta-pu district, is throughout inhabited by Hak-kas, the rest by Hok-los. en with en the dated The Pearl River, a river in southern China. Derived terms en Cantonese Canton flannel Canton Jargon Canton lemon Canton matting Translations former name of Guangzhou Chinese: Cantonese: yue 廣州 gwong2 zau1 Eastern Min: cdo 廣州 Guōng-ciŭ Hakka: hak 廣州 Kóng-chû Hokkien: nan-hbl 廣州 Kńg-chiu, Kúiⁿ-chiu Mandarin: cmn 廣州 Finnish: fi Kanton French: fr Canton Greek: el Καντόνα f Japanese: ja 広州市 こうしゅうし, Kōshū-shi, ja 広州 こうしゅう, Kōshū Korean: ko ^광주 Marathi: mr कँटॉन Mongolian: mn Гуанжоу Persian: fa خانفو xânfu Portuguese: pt Cantão f Russian: indeclinable ru Гуанчжо́у m Spanish: es Cantón f Swedish: Guangzhou (Kanton) Thai: th กว่างโจว gwàangjoh Vietnamese: vi Quảng Châu Zhuang: za Gvangjcouh former name of Guangdong Chinese: Cantonese: yue 廣東 gwong2 dung1 Eastern Min: cdo 廣東 Guōng-dĕ̤ng Hakka: hak 廣東 Kóng-tûng Hokkien: nan-hbl 廣東 Kńg-tang, Kúiⁿ-tang Mandarin: cmn 廣東 Guǎngdōng Finnish: fi Kanton French: fr Kouang-toung, fr Canton Japanese: ja 広東省 かんとんしょう, Kanton-shō, ja 広東 かんとん, Kanton Khmer: km កាតាំង Korean: ko ^광둥, ko ^광둥성 Manchu: mnc ᡤᡠᠸᠠᠩᡩᡠᠩ Marathi: mr कँटॉन Mongolian: mn Гуандун Portuguese: pt Cantão m Russian: ru Гуанду́н m, ru Канто́н m Spanish: es Cantón f Swedish: sv Guangdong, sv Kanton Thai: th กวางตุ้ง Vietnamese: vi Quảng Đông References Etymology 2 The town in Oklahoma was named for a nearby en cantonment. Pronunciation en /ˈkæntən/ most places en /ˈkænʔn̻/<a:some American accents><ref:https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=71919 The syllabicity of spoken "Canton" and "Akron" Victor Mair 2025-11-17 2025-11-19 Language Log University of Pennsylvania !!! https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=71969 Canton Mark Liberman 2025-11-18 2025-11-19 Language Log University of Pennsylvania> Proper noun en hamlet p/Ontario c/Canada. Several places in the United States: en former settlement co/El Dorado County s/California. en town co/Hartford County s/Connecticut. en city/county seat co/Cherokee County s/Georgia. en city co/Fulton County s/Illinois. en unincorporated community twp:Suf/Washington co/Washington County s/Indiana. en unincorporated community co/Jackson County,Jones County s/Iowa. en small city co/McPherson County s/Kansas ; named for the city in Ohio. en small town co/Oxford County s/Maine ; named for the town in Massachusetts. en neighborhood city/Baltimore s/Maryland. en town co/Norfolk County s/Massachusetts. TopoZone: Canton, Massachusetts en township co/Wayne County s/Michigan. en tiny city co/Fillmore County s/Minnesota ; named for the city in Ohio. en city/county seat co/Madison County s/Mississippi. en small city co/Lewis County s/Missouri ; named for the city in Ohio. en submerged ghost town co/Broadwater County s/Montana. en unincorporated community twp/Lower Alloways Creek Township co/Salem County s/New Jersey. en A <<town>> and <<village>> in <<co/St. Lawrence County>>, <<s/New York>>; the village is the <<county seat>>. TopoZone: Canton, New York en town co/Haywood County s/North Carolina ; named for the city in Ohio. en city/county seat co/Stark County s/Ohio. en small town co/Blaine County s/Oklahoma. en borough co/Bradford County s/Pennsylvania ; named for the town in Massachusetts. en city/county seat co/Lincoln County s/South Dakota. en city/county seat co/Van Zandt County s/Texas. en unincorporated community co/Doddridge County s/West Virginia. en small town co/Buffalo County s/Wisconsin. en unincorporated community co/Barron County s/Wisconsin. Derived terms en Canton Beach Canton Center North Canton References Etymology 3 From en Canna ton St. Canna's town. Proper noun en inner city district/and/wcomm in city/Cardiff cc/Wales OS grid ref ST1676. Translations community in Cardiff Marathi: mr कँटन Welsh: cy Treganna References Community map (Cardiff) Etymology 4 The surname is of French or Galician origin. Proper noun en topographical French. Further reading See also en Canton matting Anagrams en acnnot Conant Nacton cannot nonact noncat en eponyms exonyms French Alternative forms city fr Quangtung obsolete Quanton obsolete Etymology fr pt Cantão, from fr cmn 廣東 Guǎngdōng. Pronunciation fr canton cantons Proper noun f fr Guangzhou (fr caplc p/Guangdong c/China) Proper noun m le Canton fr Guangdong Usage notes Although "Canton" may be dated in English, it is still current for the city in French. Derived terms fr cantonais Italian Etymology 1 it: it pt Cantão, from it cmn 廣東. Alternative forms it Guangdong province only Pronunciation Cantòn<r:DiPI<<name:dipi>>> Proper noun f it caplc p/Guangdong c/China Guangzhou it province c/China Guangdong Derived terms it cantonese Etymology 2 it:+ it en Canton. Pronunciation Chènton<r:<<name:dipi>>><hyph:Càn.ton> Proper noun it hamlet p/Ontario c/Canada it city/county seat co/Stark County s/Ohio several other places in the United States: it former settlement co/El Dorado County s/California it town co/Hartford County s/Connecticut it city/county seat co/Cherokee County s/Georgia it city co/Fulton County s/Illinois it unincorporated community twp/Washington Township co/Washington County s/Indiana it unincorporated community co/Jackson County,Jones County s/Iowa it small city co/McPherson County s/Kansas it small town co/Oxford County s/Maine it neighborhood city/Baltimore s/Maryland it town co/Norfolk County s/Massachusetts it township co/Wayne County s/Michigan it tiny city co/Fillmore County s/Minnesota it city/county seat co/Madison County s/Mississippi it small city co/Lewis County s/Missouri it submerged ghost town co/Broadwater County s/Montana it unincorporated community twp/Lower Alloways Creek Township co/Salem County s/New Jersey it town/and/village co/St. Lawrence County s/New York it town co/Haywood County s/North Carolina it small town co/Blaine County s/Oklahoma it borough co/Bradford County s/Pennsylvania it city/county seat co/Lincoln County s/South Dakota it city/county seat co/Van Zandt County s/Texas it unincorporated community co/Doddridge County s/West Virginia it small town co/Buffalo County s/Wisconsin it unincorporated community co/Barron County s/Wisconsin it inner city district/and/community city/Cardiff cc/Wales OS grid ref ST1676 it en surname References it exonyms