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1 day ago · After 1490, canton was increasingly used in French and Italian documents to refer to the members of the Swiss Confederacy. English use of canton in reference to the Swiss Confederacy (as opposed to the heraldic sense) dates to the early 17th century.
Jun 22, 2024 · In Switzerland, the term canton is used to refer to each of the 26 states that make up the Swiss Confederation. Some cantons, like Unterwalden, Basel, and Appenzell, are further subdivided into demicantons or half cantons, which function as full cantons.
3 days ago · The English name "Canton" derived from Portuguese Cidade de Cantão, a blend of dialectal pronunciations of "Guangdong" (e.g., Cantonese Gwong2-dung1). Although it originally and chiefly applied to the walled city, it was occasionally conflated with Guangdong by some authors.
Jun 22, 2024 · Canton, the postal romanization name for Guangzhou, originated from Cantão, a name coined by the Portuguese. The Portuguese traders, who were the first Europeans to arrive in China in the 16th century, had conflated the city of Guangzhou with Guangdong, the province in which it is located.
4 days ago · Why is Guangzhou also known as Canton? Guangzhou has served as a doorway for foreign influence since the 3rd century CE and was the first Chinese port to be regularly visited by European traders, who called it Canton.
Jun 13, 2024 · Why was Guangdong called Canton? Canton, the postal romanisation name for Guangzhou, originated from Cantão, the name coined by the Portuguese, who had conflated the city of Guangzhou with Guangdong, the province in which it is located.
4 days ago · Guangzhou - Trade, Pearl River, Canton: The earliest known inhabitants of the Guangzhou area were the Baiyue, a Tai, or Shan, people. During the Xi (Western) Zhou dynasty (1146–771 bce), the local Baiyue people pledged allegiance to the feudal state of Chu to the northeast, giving rise to the name of Chuting for the area.
