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Canyon

Canyon Meaning & Definition
Canyon Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Canyon?

[n] (North America) a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall

Synonyms | Synonyms for Canyon: canon

Related Terms | Find terms related to Canyon: abysm | abyss | arroyo | box canyon | breach | break | cavity | chap | chasm | check | chimney | chink | cleft | cleuch | clough | col | coulee | couloir | crack | cranny | crevasse | crevice | cut | cwm | defile | dell | dike | ditch | donga | draw | excavation | fault | fissure | flaw | flume | fracture | furrow | gap | gape | gash | gill | gorge | groove | gulch | gulf | gully | hole | incision | joint | kloof | leak | moat | notch | nullah | opening | pass | passage | ravine | rent | rift | rime | rupture | scissure | seam | slit | slot | split | trench | valley | void | wadi

See Also | canyonside | ravine

Canyon In Webster's Dictionary

\Can"yon\, n. The English form of the Spanish word {Ca[~n]on}.

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