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Definition of canto noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

canto

noun
 
/ˈkæntəʊ/
 
/ˈkæntəʊ/
(plural cantos)
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  1. one of the sections of a long poem see also bel cantoTopics Literature and writingc2
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Italian, literally ‘song’, from Latin cantus.
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