cantão

See also: cantao and Cantão

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French canton.

Pronunciation

(Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃.ˈtɐ̃w̃/

Noun

cantão m (plural cantões)

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

Etymology 2

From canto +‎ -ão.

Pronunciation

(Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃.ˈtɐ̃w̃/

Noun

cantão m (plural cantões)

Augmentative of canto

Etymology 3

Verb

cantão

Obsolete spelling of cantam

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