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cantonisation

cantonisation is the alternative spelling of cantonization.

Meaning of cantonization

Noun

cantonization (usually uncountable, plural cantonizations)

  1. (usually) subdivision of a land into small districts.
    • The cantonization of Bosnia-Hercegovina would reorganize the state into three autonomous ethnic regions, one each for Muslims, Serbs and Croats…1992, Helsinki Watch, War Crimes in Bosnia-Hercegovina, Volume 1, page 27
    Synonyms:
    Balkanization

Questions about cantonisation

What is cantonisation the alternative spelling of?
Cantonisation is the alternative spelling of cantonization.

Words near cantonisation in the dictionary

  1. Cantonese
  2. Cantonese opera
  3. Cantonese operas
  4. Cantonghao
  5. cantoning
  6. cantonisation
  7. cantonise
  8. cantonised
  9. cantonises
  10. cantonising
  11. cantonist

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