Canyon

Pronunciation

• enPR: kănʹ-yÉ™n, IPA: /ˈkænjÉ™n/
• Rhymes: -ænjÉ™n
• Hyphenation: can + yon

Alternative forms

Origin

From Spanish cañón

Full definition of canyon

Noun

1. A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.
• 2012, John Branch, Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel CreekSnow filled her mouth. She caromed off things she never saw, tumbling through a cluttered canyon like a steel marble falling through pins in a pachinko machine.

Synonyms

• dale, dalles, gulch, ravine, vale, valley

Derived terms

Anagrams

• ancony