cantonization
English
Etymology
cantonize + -ation
Noun
cantonization (plural cantonizations)
- subdivision of a land into small districts.
- 1992, Helsinki Watch, War Crimes in Bosnia-Hercegovina, Volume 1, page 27:
- The cantonization of Bosnia-Hercegovina would reorganize the state into three autonomous ethnic regions, one each for Muslims, Serbs and Croats…
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Synonyms
- Balkanization