How to Spell canyon

canyon

canyon - noun

  • A deep narrow valley with steep sides and often with a stream flowing through it
  • Something resembling a canyon
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
"the city's concrete canyons"

canyon - thesaurus

Synonyms: col, couloir, defile, flume, gap, gill, gorge, gulch

Etymology

American Spanish cañón, probably alteration of obsolete Spanish callón, augmentative of calle street, from Latin callis footpath