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 (Mount Canto), Lombardy, Italy; a mountain
 * Canto Alto (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
 * Canto-pop, Cantonese-language pop music
 * Canto fermo, the melody forming the basis of a polyphonic composition
 * 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