cantonization
nounEtymology From cantonize + -ation.
1
Usually subdivision of a land into small districts.
- The cantonization of Bosnia-Hercegovina would reorganize the state into three autonomous ethnic regions, one each for Muslims, Serbs and Croats…1992, Helsinki Watch, War Crimes in Bosnia-Hercegovina, Volume 1, page 27:
- Synonyms
- Balkanization