Cantonnatal

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  • continental: someone from continental Europe
  • canton natal (French): native canton, district
  • Canton: (now Guangzhou) city of southern China, It became a treaty port open to foreign trade after the Opium War (1839-1842).
  • Natal: a province of South Africa, site of major battles in teh nineteenth century among British, Zulu, and Boer troops