canyon

[kan-yuh n] /ˈkæn yən/
noun
1.
a deep valley with steep sides, often with a stream flowing through it.
Also, cañon.
Origin
1835-45, Americanism; < American Spanish, Spanish cañón a long tube, a hollow, equivalent to cañ(a) tube (< Latin canna cane) + -on augmentative suffix
Synonyms
gorge, gully, ravine, pass, gap, arroyo, coulee.

Canyon

[kan-yuh n] /ˈkæn yən/
noun
1.
a town in N Texas.
Examples from the web for canyon
  • It is mostly deeply inhospitable brush and canyon country.
  • But everywhere you see the water's work: canyon mazes, unbroken scarps, sandstone pillars.
  • No matter how many times you've seen it, visiting the canyon never fails to take your breath away.
  • Views are of the canyon and eagles fishing for steelhead in the river below.
  • For years the steep canyon garden played host to weeds.
  • Flagstone skirting a simple columnar fountain gives the impression of a path winding through a canyon.
  • The weight of those sands pushed the canyon floor down further, creating its extreme depth.
  • Saguaros crowd the slopes and huge boulders fill the canyon bottom, where a seasonal stream runs.
  • Urban climatologists are working to predict how canyon design can affect temperatures, winds, and the concentration of pollutants.
  • Go hover your mouse over the rim of that first crater on the canyon wall.
British Dictionary definitions for canyon

canyon

/ˈkænjən/
noun
1.
a gorge or ravine, esp in North America, usually formed by the down-cutting of a river in a dry area where there is insufficient rainfall to erode the sides of the valley
Word Origin
C19: from Spanish cañón, from caña tube, from Latin canna cane
Word Origin and History for canyon
n.

"narrow valley between cliffs," 1834, from Mexican Spanish cañon, extended sense of Spanish cañon "a pipe, tube; deep hollow, gorge," augmentative of cano "a tube," from Latin canna "reed" (see cane (n.)). But earlier spelling callon (1560s) might suggest a source in calle "street."

canyon in Science
canyon
  (kān'yən)   
A long, deep, narrow valley with steep cliff walls, cut into the Earth by running water and often having a stream at the bottom.