canyon
NounUS[kan-yuhn]/ˈkænjən/2 syllables
Synonyms:
canon
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)canyons
- a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfallSynonyms: canonType of ravineParts canyonside
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Translations
Noun a valley cut in rock by a river
- Spanish
- cañón
- French
- canyon
- German
- Schlucht
- Italian
- gola
- Portuguese
- cânion
- Russian
- каньо́н kanʹón
- Arabic
- أُخْدُود ʔuḵdūd
- Chinese
- 峡谷 xiágǔ
- Japanese
- 峡谷 kyōkoku
- Dutch
- kloof
20 more languages
- Polish
- kanion
- Greek
- φαράγγι farángi
- Korean
- 협곡 hyeopgok
- Indonesian
- ngarai
- Vietnamese
- hẻm núi
- Hungarian
- kanyon
- Portuguese (PT)
- cânion
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 峽谷 xiágǔ
- Catalan
- canyó
- Czech
- kaňon
- Danish
- kløft
- Esperanto
- kanjono
- Finnish
- kanjoni
- Georgian
- კანიონი ḳanioni
- Hebrew
- קַנְיוֹן kanyón
- Icelandic
- gljúfur
- Lithuanian
- kanjonas
- Romanian
- canion
- Serbo-Croatian
- kanjon
- Slovenian
- kanjon
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ca·ñon′ (kä-nyōn′; anglicized kăn′yŭn), noun
Origin: Sp., a tube or hollow, fr. caña reed, fr. L. canna. See Cane.
A deep gorge, ravine, or gulch, between high and steep banks, worn by water courses. Mexico & Western U. S. [Also spelled canyon.]
Can′yon noun
The English form of the Spanish word Cañon.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: +PJC