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cantonise

cantonise is the alternative form of cantonize.

Meaning of cantonize

Verb

cantonize (third-person singular simple present cantonizes, present participle cantonizing, simple past and past participle cantonized)

  1. (transitive) To divide into cantons or small districts.

Forms of cantonise

third-person singular presentcantonises
present participlecantonising
past participlecantonised
pastcantonised

Origin of cantonise

From canton + -ise.

Questions about cantonise

What is cantonise the alternative form of?
Cantonise is the alternative form of cantonize.

Words near cantonise in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cantonise (page history and authors); cantonize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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