canyon
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- //ˈkænjən//
- //ˈkæɲən//
A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.
sostantivo
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A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.
After we have crossed the Glenderamackin stream, which drains the northern slopes of Saddleback, and the latter has united with the St. John's Beck to form the Greta, however, we see ahead the miniature canyon the Greta has hollowed out for itself, and into the depth of which the train now descends.
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.
Etimologia
Borrowed from Spanish cañón. Doublet of cannon.
verbo
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Of water, liquid, or another substance, to flow in or into a canyon.
Forme
- plurale
- canyons
- passato
- canyoned
- participio passato
- canyoned
- participio presente
- canyoning
- 3ª persona singolare
- canyons
canyon · A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.
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