cantonization

English

Etymology

From cantonize +‎ -ation.

Noun

cantonization (usually uncountable, plural cantonizations)

1. subdivision of a land into small districts.
   • 1992, Helsinki Watch, War Crimes in Bosnia-Hercegovina, Volume 1, page 27:

     The cantonization of Bosnia-Hercegovina would reorganize the state into three autonomous ethnic regions, one each for Muslims, Serbs and Croats…

Synonyms

• Balkanization