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   Can·ton

   /ˈkanˌtän/

   

   noun

   • 1. a subdivision of a country established for political or administrative purposes: "they rejected the possibility of dividing the country into cantons"
   • ▪ a state of the Swiss Confederation.
   • 2. a square charge smaller than a quarter and positioned in the upper (usually dexter) corner of a shield.

   Word Origin early 16th century: from Old French, literally ‘corner’, from Provençal, based on a Romance word related to medieval Latin cantus (see cant2).

   Derivatives

   • 1. cantonal adjective

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • C

     3

   • A

     1

   • N

     1

   • T

     1

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

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