# der Kanton

der Kanton is a German noun meaning “canton”. Forms: des Kantons, die Kantone.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Kantons
- Plural: die Kantone

## In other languages

- Русский: Кантон

## Noun

1. canton (state of Switzerland)
2. township (of Canada)

## Proper name

1. Canton (former name of Guangzhou, the capital and largest city of Guangdong in southeastern China)

## Examples

- Ich lebe in Kanton. — I live in Canton.
- Die Föderation Bosnien-Herzegowina besteht aus zehn Kantonen. — The Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina consists of ten cantons.

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Sources: Meanings and forms from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).
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