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Cantão

Cantão

See also: cantao and cantão

Portuguese

Proper noun

Cantão f

  1. Guangzhou; Canton (a city in China)

Synonyms

cantão

cantão

See also: cantao and Cantão

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Noun

cantão m (plural cantões)

  1. (government) canton (state-level subdivision of Switzerland, Luxembourg and Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina)
  2. (government) canton (subdivision of an arrondissement in France)
  3. (heraldry) canton (charge in upper dexter corner of shield)

Etymology 2

From canto + -ão.

Pronunciation

Noun

cantão m (plural cantões)

  1. Augmentative of canto

Etymology 3

Verb

cantão

  1. Obsolete spelling of cantam