Canton

Meaning

Proper Noun

• Several places in China:
• hamlet Ontario (province) Canada (country).
• Several places in the United States:
• inner city district/and/community city, Cardiff Wales (constituent country) .
• of French or Galician origin.

Origin

• The places in China are from Portuguese Cantão, from Chinese , and most other places are directly or indirectly named after them. Guangdong, more directly from the Chinese.
• The town in Oklahoma was named for a nearby cantonment.
• The surname is of French or Galician origin.