canyon

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• kănʹ-yən
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• /ˈkænjən/
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• /ˈkæɲən/
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Borrowed from Spanish cañón. Doublet of cannon.

88 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: kloof — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Albanian: kanion — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Albanian: gryka — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Albanian: grykë — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Arabic: خَانِق (ḵāniq) — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Arabic: أُخْدُود (ʔuḵdūd) — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Arabic: تَلْعَة (talʕa) — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Aragonese: foz — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Armenian: ձոր (jor) — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Asturian: canga — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Belarusian: каньён (kanʹjón) — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Breton: kanienn — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Bulgarian: каньо́н (kanjón) — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Catalan: congost — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Chinese Mandarin: 峽谷 /峡谷 (xiágǔ) — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Cornish: kanyon — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Czech: kaňon — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Danish: kløft — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Dutch: kloof — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Esperanto: kanjono — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Estonian: kanjon — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Finnish: kanjoni — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Finnish: kuru — a valley cut in rock by a river
• French: gorge — a valley cut in rock by a river
• French: canyon — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Galician: canón — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Georgian: კანიონი (ḳanioni) — a valley cut in rock by a river
• German: Schlucht — a valley cut in rock by a river
• German: Felsschlucht — a valley cut in rock by a river
• German: Klamm — a valley cut in rock by a river
• German: Schluecht — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Greek: φαράγγι (farángi) — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Greek: χαράδρα (charádra) — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Ancient Greek: φάραγξ (pháranx) — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Hebrew: קַנְיוֹן (kanyón) — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Hindi: घाटी (ghāṭī) — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Hungarian: kanyon — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Hungarian: szurdok — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Hungarian: hegyszoros — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Hungarian: szoros — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Icelandic: gljúfur — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Indonesian: ngarai — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Indonesian: kanyon — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Italian: gola — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Japanese: 峡谷 (kyōkoku) — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Kazakh: каньон (kanon) — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Korean: 협곡 (hyeopgok) — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Latin: pyla — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Latvian: kanjons — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Lithuanian: kanjonas — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Macedonian: кањон (kanjon) — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Malay: ngarai — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Malay: kanyon — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Māori: kopi — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Navajo: tsékooh — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Norwegian Bokmål: canyon — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Occitan: congost — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Persian: کانیون (kânyon) — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Persian: ژرفدرّه (žarfdarre) — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Plautdietsch: Schlucht — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Polish: kanion — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Polish: przełom — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Portuguese: canhão — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Portuguese: desfiladeiro — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Portuguese: cânion — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Romanian: defileu — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Romanian: canion — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Russian: каньо́н (kanʹón) — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Serbo-Croatian: ка̀њо̄н — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Serbo-Croatian: kànjōn — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Slovak: kaňon — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Slovene: kanjon — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Spanish: cañón — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Spanish: barranca — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Spanish: cañadón — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Swedish: kanjon — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Tagalog: sabak — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Taos: hə̏olune — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Taos: kayúnena — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Thai: หุบเขา (hùp-kǎo) — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Thai: โกรกธาร (gròok-taan) — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Turkish: kanyon — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Ottoman Turkish: بوغاز (boğaz) — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Ottoman Turkish: دره (dere) — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Ukrainian: каньйо́н (kanʹjón) — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Uzbek: kanyon — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Vietnamese: vực — a valley cut in rock by a river
• Vietnamese: hẻm núi — a valley cut in rock by a river