cantonnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkæn.tɒn/us/ˈkæn.tɑːn/a political region or local government area in some countries, especially one of the 23 political regions into which Switzerland is divided
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UK politics: local government & politics
- alderman
- authority
- borough
- city council
- city fathers
- city hall
- councilman
- councilwoman
- county borough
- county council
- development area
- enterprise zone
- municipality
- parish council
- parochial
- prefecture
- principal area
- shire
- South Yorkshire
- town meeting
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Examples from literature
- He is not without weight in the councils of the canton.
- It was a place of three thousand inhabitants—ambitiously denominated souls in the statistical tables—and was exceedingly proud of its title of chief city of the canton.
- Some of the people of Switzerland were persuaded to belong to Austria, but all the people of the free cantons replied that they wished to remain free.
- They include the whole population of the Italian cantons, and part of the French and German.
- This city, and the little canton of which it is the capital, were then in a state of civil war.