canyon

English Online Dictionary. What means canyon‎? What does canyon mean?

English

Alternative forms

• cañon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cañón. Doublet of cannon.

Pronunciation

• enPR: kănʹ-yən, IPA^(key): /ˈkænjən/
• Rhymes: -ænjən
• Hyphenation: can‧yon

Noun

canyon (plural canyons)

1. A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.

   Synonyms: gorge, dale, dalles, gulch, ravine, vale, valley; see also Thesaurus:valley

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

canyon (third-person singular simple present canyons, present participle canyoning, simple past and past participle canyoned)

1. (intransitive) Of water, liquid, or another substance, to flow in or into a canyon.

Further reading

• Canyon in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• ancony

French

Alternative forms

• cañon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cañón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ɲɔn/

Noun

canyon m (plural canyons)

1. canyon

Derived terms

Further reading

• “canyon” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “canyon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.