canton

nouns

a small administrative division of a country
canton
is a type of (narrower)
a district defined for administrative purposes
administrative district, administrative division, territorial division

verbs

provide housing for (military personnel)
billet, canton, quarter
is derived from
cantonment
divide into cantons, of a country
canton
is a type of (narrower)
separate into parts or portions
"divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"
carve up, dissever, divide, separate, split, split up