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)
- 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
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)
- 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.