Definitions for canyon
ˈkæn yəncanyon

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. canyon, canonnoun

   a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall

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1. canyonnoun

   A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.

2. Etymology: From cañón

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1. Canyon

   Ridin' Down the Canyon is a 1942 American film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers. Members of the Western Writers of America chose its title song as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time, ranked 97.

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1. canyon

   A canyon is a deep, narrow valley with steep sides, often with a river flowing through it. It is typically formed through long-term erosion caused by wind and water, often from a river cutting through hard rocks. Canyons can be found in mountains, plateaus, and even beneath oceans.

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1. Canyonnoun

   the English form of the Spanish word Ca–on.

2. Etymology: [Sp., a tube or hollow, fr. caa reed, fr. L. canna. See Cane.]

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1. Canyon

   A canyon or gorge is a deep ravine between cliffs often carved from the landscape by a river. Rivers have a natural tendency to reach a baseline elevation, which is the same elevation as the body of water it will eventually drain into. This forms a canyon. Most canyons were formed by a process of long-time erosion from a plateau level. The cliffs form because harder rock strata that are resistant to erosion and weathering remain exposed on the valley walls. The word canyon is Spanish in origin. The word canyon is generally used in the United States, while the word gorge is more common in Europe and Oceania, though gorge and ravine are also used in some parts of the United States and Canada. The military derived word defile is occasionally used in the United Kingdom. Canyons are much more common in arid areas than in wet areas because physical weathering has a greater effect in arid zones. The wind and water from the river combine to erode and cut away less resistant materials such as shales. The freezing and expansion of water also serves to help form canyons. Water seeps into cracks between the rocks and freezes, pushing the rocks apart and eventually causing large chunks to break off the canyon walls, in a process known as frost wedging. Canyon walls are often formed of resistant sandstones or granite. Submarine canyons form underwater, generally at the mouths of rivers.

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1. CANYON

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Canyon is ranked #75317 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Canyon surname appeared 256 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Canyon.
   
   32.4% or 83 total occurrences were White.
   26.9% or 69 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   24.6% or 63 total occurrences were Black.
   8.2% or 21 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   5.4% or 14 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.3% or 6 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Ravine

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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Anagrams for canyon »

1. ancony

How to pronounce canyon?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say canyon in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of canyon in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of canyon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of canyon in a Sentence

1. Elissa Wall:

   I had two young sisters that I loved with every fiber of my soul that I couldn’t protect because there was this giant canyon between us, it took me meeting a very important prosecutor and investigators that were kind and trustworthy that I could come forward and begin to tell my story… [But] I had no idea I would end up testifying against Warren. My goal wasn’t to take Warren down. My goal was to protect my sisters.

2. Alan Valentine:

   For thousands of years, father and son have stretched wistful hands across the canyon of time, each eager to help the other to his side, but neither quite able to desert the loyalties of his contemporaries. The relationship is always changing and hence always fragile nothing endures except the sense of difference.

3. Ted Zukowski:

   This is a great day for Grand Canyon National Park, and those who love its stunning vistas, abundant wildlife and rich cultural heritage.

4. Jim Waide:

   Its a tragedy when for anyone to die, canyon was doing what he was sent to do and had to defend himself.

5. Marina Garcia:

   Garcia News 4 Tucson. Marina Garcia told her husband the baby was not his. ( Cochise County Sheriff's Office) Despite the child not being his, he said he was willing to adopt the child and raise him as his own. DEMS WAGE BATTLE AGAINST ARIZONA ’S ‘ BALLOT HARVESTING ’ BAN, AMID VOTER FRAUD CONCERNS On Feb. 2, Marina Garcia went into labor at Canyon Vista Medical Center in Sierra Vista, Arizona. She told her husband’s sister that the baby had died in child birth. When my sister called me about that, it was pretty emotional. We cried quite a bit together over the phone. It was devastating.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=canyon
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Canyon
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canyon
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/canyon
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=canyon
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=canyon