canyon

Meaning of canyon

noun
  1. 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

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:

canon

Meaning a deep, narrow gorge with steep sides:

ravine

Meaning a narrow valley between hills or mountains, typically with steep rocky walls and a stream running through it:

gorge

Meaning a ravine formed by the action of water:

gully

Meaning an act or instance of moving past or through something:

pass

Meaning damage the purity or appearance of; mar or spoil:

defile

Meaning a steep, narrow gully on a mountainside:

couloir

Meaning a deep fissure in the earth's surface:

chasm

Meaning a deep or seemingly bottomless chasm:

abyss

Meaning a deep ravine, chasm, or abyss:

gulf

Meaning a narrow and steep-sided ravine marking the course of a fast stream:

gulch

Meaning an artificial channel conveying water, typically used for transporting logs or timber:

flume

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:

arroyo

Meaning a narrow, winding river gorge:

barranca

Meaning a mountain stream or ravine in South America:

quebrada

Meaning a watercourse, riverbed, or ravine:

nullah

Meaning a deep ravine or chasm:

khud

Meaning a deep gully eroded by rainfall:

sloot

Meaning (in South Africa) a steep-sided, wooded ravine or valley:

kloof

Meaning a dry gully, formed by the eroding action of running water:

donga

Meaning (in Sudan and neighbouring regions) a dry watercourse or ravine:

khor

Translation of canyon

Anagrams of canyon

ancony

Words that rhyme with canyon

Canyon, anyon, upcanyon, Kenyon, Binyon, Vinyon, pinyon, vinyon, ronyon, Runyon

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