Canto (disambiguation)

A canto is the principal form of division in a long poem.

Canto or cantos or variation, may also refer to:

Places

• 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
• Port del Cantó, Catalonia, Spain; a mountain pass
• Monte Canto (English: Mount Canto), Lombardy, Italy; a mountain
• Canto Alto (English: High Canto), Lombardy, Italy; a mountain
• Canto River, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil; a river

People

Surnamed "Canto"

• Adan Canto (1981–2024), Mexican actor
• Alberto del Canto (1547–1608), Portuguese conquistador
• Alvaro Garcia Canto (born 1986), Spanish soccer player
• Blas Cantó (born 1991), Spanish singer
• Dean Canto (born 1980), Australian racing driver
• Estela Canto (1915–1994), Argentinian writer
• Félix González Canto (born 1968), Mexican politician
• Flávio Canto (born 1975), Brazilian athlete
• Gustavo Canto (born 1994), Argentine soccer player
• Ignacio Canto (born 1981), Spanish fencer
• Marilyne Canto (born 1963), French actress
• Miguel Canto (born 1948), Mexican boxing champion
• Toni Cantó (born 1965), Spanish actor

Surnamed "Cantos"

• Matilde Cantos (1898–1987), Spanish feminist
• Martín de Andújar Cantos (1602–????), Spanish sculptor

Music

• The highest vocal part, the air or melody, in a piece of choral music (also cantus)
• Canto-pop, Cantonese-language pop music
• Canto fermo, the melody forming the basis of a polyphonic composition
• Canto General (Theodorakis), 1974 composition by Mikis Theodorakis
• 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
• Van Canto, a German metal band

Other

• The Cantos, an epic poem by Ezra Pound
• Canto, the popular press division of the Cambridge University Press
• Canto (news aggregator), a terminal based feed reader
• Canto Software, a software company
• Canto (organization), 19th century Brazilian anti-slavery organizations
• Canto Collection, a series of paintings by Rob Mohlmann

See also

• Italian name for a corner where two streets meet. e.g. Canto ai Quattro Leoni, in Florence
• Canto General, Pablo Neruda's tenth book of poems
• Bel canto (disambiguation)
• Yo Canto (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Canto
• All pages with titles containing Canto
• All pages with titles containing cantos