Canto (disambiguation)

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A canto is the principal form of division in a long poem. It may also refer to:

Geography

• Canton Province, an older English name of Guangdong, in the South of China
• Capital city of Canton Province, an older English name of Guangzhou, the provincial capital of Guangdong
  • Cantonese language
• Canto, alternative name of Cahto, California

Music

• The highest vocal part, the air or melody, in a piece of choral music
• Canto fermo, the melody forming the basis of a polyphonic composition
• Canto nuevo, a Latin American folk music style
• Canto (Charles Lloyd album), 1996
• Canto (Soler album), 2009
• Canto (Los Super Seven album), 2001
• Canto 34, A song by Five Finger Death Punch from their album War Is The Answer

People

• Félix González Canto (born 1968), Mexican politician
• Flávio Canto (born 1975), Brazilian athlete
• Miguel Canto (born 1948), boxing champion
• Dean Canto (born 1980), Australian racing driver

Other

• Canto, the popular press division of the Cambridge University Press
• Canto Software
• Canto (news aggregator), a terminal based feed reader
• Italian name for a corner where two streets meet. e.g. Canto ai Quattro Leoni, in Florence
• Canto (organization), 19th century Brazilian anti-slavery organizations

See also

• Canto General, Pablo Neruda's tenth book of poems
• Bel canto (disambiguation)