# canyon

Pronunciation: US say "KAN-yuhn" /ˈkænjən/; UK

## Noun

1. A valley cut into rock by a river, especially a long, narrow one with steep sides.
   - Simple: A valley cut into rock by a river, often long and narrow with steep sides.
   - _Over thousands of years the river carved a canyon nearly a mile deep._
   - _The trail follows the canyon floor for six miles before climbing to the rim._

## Other meanings

- (verb) Of water, another liquid, or some other substance, to flow in or into a canyon.

## Origin

Borrowed from Spanish cañón. It is a doublet of cannon.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/canyon (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).