canyon

5 definitions found

canyon - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Canon \Ca*[~n]on"\ (k[aum]*ny[-o]n"; anglicized k[a^]n"y[u^]n),
     n. [Sp., a tube or hollow, fr. ca[~n]a reed, fr. L. canna.
     See Cane.]
     A deep gorge, ravine, or gulch, between high and steep banks,
     worn by water courses. [Mexico & Western U. S.] [Also spelled
     canyon.]
     [1913 Webster +PJC]

  Canyon \Can"yon\, n.
     The English form of the Spanish word Ca[~n]on.
     [1913 Webster]

canyon - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  canyon
      n 1: a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall
           [syn: canyon, canon]

canyon - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Canyon, MN
    Zip code(s): 55717
  Canyon, TX (city, FIPS 12532)
    Location: 34.98128 N, 101.92160 W
    Population (1990): 11365 (4773 housing units)
    Area: 12.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 79015

canyon - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  71 Moby Thesaurus words for "canyon":
     abysm, abyss, arroyo, box canyon, breach, break, cavity, chap,
     chasm, check, chimney, chink, cleft, cleuch, clough, col, coulee,
     couloir, crack, cranny, crevasse, crevice, cut, cwm, defile, dell,
     dike, ditch, donga, draw, excavation, fault, fissure, flaw, flume,
     fracture, furrow, gap, gape, gash, gill, gorge, groove, gulch,
     gulf, gully, hole, incision, joint, kloof, leak, moat, notch,
     nullah, opening, pass, passage, ravine, rent, rift, rime, rupture,
     scissure, seam, slit, slot, split, trench, valley, void, wadi