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Meaning of the word canto in English

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canto

US /ˈkæn.toʊ/
UK /ˈkæn.toʊ/
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Noun

1.

one of the sections into which certain long poems are divided

Example:
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Dante's Divine Comedy is divided into one hundred cantos.
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The poet read from the third canto of his epic.
Synonym:
sectiondivisionbookpart
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