Meanings
nouncantonization (usually uncountable, plural cantonizations)
plural cantonizations
- uncountableusuallysubdivision 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 27Synonyms: Balkanization
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsubdivision of a land into small districts.
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cantonization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cantonization
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