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canto
[ kan-toh ]
noun
, plural can·tos.
- one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
canto
/ ˈkæntəʊ /
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of canto1
C16: from Italian: song, from Latin cantus, from canere to sing
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Example Sentences
The little town of Canto Gallo is situated in a narrow valley, and contains about eighty houses.
From Project Gutenberg
I had found lodgings in a venda for the last time, the preceding evening, at Canto Gallo.
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In fact, eleven stanzas (183-259) correspond to Boccaccio's Teseide, Canto vii.
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This second canto is a delight from beginning to end; Mistral is here in his element; he is at his very best.
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This canto never would have converted Boileau from his disapproval of the "merveilleux chrétien."
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