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Cantonment logo #10101) Bivouac 2) Camp 3) Encampment 4) French word used in English 5) Military quarters
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Cantonment logo #10101) Bivouac 2) Hutment 3) Laager 4) Lager
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Cantonment logo #21000 A cantonment (t, t, or t) is a military or police quarters. The word cantonment is derived from the French word canton meaning corner or district, as is the name of the Cantons of Switzerland. In South Asia, the term cantonment also describes permanent military stations. Cantonments can be found in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, South Africa, Singap...
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cantonment logo #22641small military town
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Cantonment logo #21002• (n.) A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters; temporary shelter or place of rest for an army; quarters.
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Cantonment logo #21003(from the article `Yangon`) The centre of the city, called the Cantonment, was planned by the British in 1852 and is laid out on a system of blocks, each 800 by 860 feet (245 by ...
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cantonment logo #10444military station, permanent camp
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Cantonment logo #20972Can'ton·ment noun [ Confer French cantonnement .] A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters; temporary shelter or place of rest for an army; quarters. » When troops are sheltered in huts or quartered in the houses of the people during any susp...
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cantonment logo #23665 temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
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