cantonment

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cantonment

/kanˈtɒnmənt/ UK
/kanˈtuːnmənt/

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From French cantonnement.

noun cantonments

Temporary military living quarters. On the Umballa platform waited a detachment of officers discussing the latest news from the stricken cantonment, and it was here that Bobby learned the real condition of the Tail Twisters.
A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters. The cantonments, it transpired, were singularly ill-sited for defence, being built on low, marshy ground, overlooked by hills on all sides.
India, Pakistan A permanent military station.

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noun permanent military station

हिन्दी	छावनी chāvnī

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@misc{cantonment_2026,
  title = {cantonment},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cantonment},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}