canyon
Meaning of canyon
noun
- a deep gorge, typically one with a river flowing through it, as found in North America.
the Grand Canyon
mid 19th century: from Spanish cañón ‘tube’, based on Latin canna ‘reed, cane’.
Information about canyon
- It is a name.
- The plural form of canyon is: canyons.
- Languages in which canyon is used:
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Hyphenation of canyon
canyon
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- canyon is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
canyon synonyms
Meaning canon:
Meaning a deep, narrow gorge with steep sides:
Meaning a narrow valley between hills or mountains, typically with steep rocky walls and a stream running through it:
Meaning a ravine formed by the action of water:
Meaning an act or instance of moving past or through something:
Meaning damage the purity or appearance of; mar or spoil:
Meaning a steep, narrow gully on a mountainside:
Meaning a deep fissure in the earth's surface:
Meaning a deep or seemingly bottomless chasm:
Meaning a deep ravine, chasm, or abyss:
Meaning a narrow and steep-sided ravine marking the course of a fast stream:
Meaning an artificial channel conveying water, typically used for transporting logs or timber:
Meaning a steep-sided gully formed by the action of fast-flowing water in an arid or semi-arid region, found chiefly in the south-western US:
Meaning a narrow, winding river gorge:
Meaning a mountain stream or ravine in South America:
Meaning a watercourse, riverbed, or ravine:
Meaning a deep ravine or chasm:
Meaning a deep gully eroded by rainfall:
Meaning (in South Africa) a steep-sided, wooded ravine or valley:
Meaning a dry gully, formed by the eroding action of running water:
Meaning (in Sudan and neighbouring regions) a dry watercourse or ravine:
Translation of canyon
- German: Schlucht
- French: gorge, canon, canyon, cañon
- Italian: canyon
- Portuguese: canhão, fenda
- Spanish: cañón, desfiladero
Anagrams of canyon
Words that rhyme with canyon
Canyon, anyon, upcanyon, Kenyon, Binyon, Vinyon, pinyon, vinyon, ronyon, Runyon
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