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cantonment

[kan-ton-muhnt, -tohn-, kan-toon-muhnt] / kænˈtɒn mənt, -ˈtoʊn-, kænˈtun mənt /




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A few walked alone, their faces frozen in shock, as helicopters landed every few minutes on a football field inside the town's military cantonment, whipping up clouds of dust.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

Every year, Ambala, a British colonial-era army cantonment, has typically drawn hundreds of youth into the military with the prospect of lifetime employment.

From Reuters ● Sep. 7, 2022

The incident occurred at Mathura cantonment railway station in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2022

Through their research, the cousins determined Armstrong’s original burial site in 1941 was in the British cantonment area of St. Luke’s Anglican Church Cemetery in Toungoo, Burma.

From Washington Times ● May 29, 2017

Figure 6 This cockade eagle, which is struck in thin brass and silvered, was excavated on the site of a War of 1812 cantonment.

From American Military Insignia 1800-1851 by J. Duncan Campbell


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