CANTO


Meaning of CANTO in English

/kan"toh/ , n. , pl. cantos .

one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.

[ 1580-90; cant ( us ) singing, song, equiv. to can ( ere ) to sing + -tus suffix of v. action; cf. CANT 1 , CHANT ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .