canyon
see also: Canyon
Pronunciation
  • enPR: kănʹ-yən, IPA: /ˈkænjən/
Noun

canyon (plural canyons)

  1. A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.
    • Snow 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 Translations
Canyon
Proper noun
  1. An unincorporated community in Algoma, in north-eastern.
  2. An unincorporated community in Kenora, in north-western.
  3. An unincorporated community in Contra Costa County, and.
  4. A ghost town/and/former gold mining town in El Dorado County, California.
  5. An unincorporated community in St. Louis County, Minnesota.
  6. A city/county seat in Randall County, Texas.
  7. A ghost town in Whitman County, Washington.
  8. An unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia.



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