"canyon" meaning in English

See canyon in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkænjən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-canyon.wav Forms: canyons [plural]
enPR: kănʹ-yən Rhymes: -ænjən Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish cañón. Doublet of cannon. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|cañón}} Spanish cañón, {{doublet|en|cannon}} Doublet of cannon Head templates: {{en-noun}} canyon (plural canyons)
  1. A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river. Categories (place): Landforms Synonyms: gorge, dale, dalles, gulch, ravine, vale, valley, valley
    Sense id: en-canyon-en-noun-bQejAriv Disambiguation of Landforms: 50 50 Categories (other): Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cañon

Verb

IPA: /ˈkænjən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-canyon.wav Forms: canyons [present, singular, third-person], canyoning [participle, present], canyoned [participle, past], canyoned [past]
enPR: kănʹ-yən Rhymes: -ænjən Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish cañón. Doublet of cannon. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|cañón}} Spanish cañón, {{doublet|en|cannon}} Doublet of cannon Head templates: {{en-verb}} canyon (third-person singular simple present canyons, present participle canyoning, simple past and past participle canyoned)
  1. (intransitive) Of water, liquid, or another substance, to flow in or into a canyon. Tags: intransitive Categories (place): Landforms Translations (a valley cut in rock by a river): kloof (Afrikaans), kanion [masculine] (Albanian), gryka [definite, feminine] (Albanian), grykë [feminine, indefinite] (Albanian), φάραγξ (pháranx) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), خَانِق (ḵāniq) [masculine] (Arabic), أُخْدُود (ʔuḵdūd) [masculine] (Arabic), تَلْعَة (talʕa) [feminine] (Arabic), foz [feminine] (Aragonese), ձոր (jor) (Armenian), canga [feminine] (Asturian), каньён (kanʹjón) [masculine] (Belarusian), kanienn (Breton), каньо́н (kanjón) [masculine] (Bulgarian), congost [masculine] (Catalan), 峽谷 (Chinese Mandarin), 峡谷 (xiágǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), kanyon [masculine] (Cornish), kaňon [masculine] (Czech), kløft [common-gender] (Danish), kloof [feminine] (Dutch), kanjono (Esperanto), kanjon (Estonian), kanjoni (Finnish), kuru (Finnish), gorge [feminine] (French), canyon [masculine] (French), canón [masculine] (Galician), კანიონი (ḳanioni) (Georgian), Schlucht [feminine] (German), Felsschlucht [feminine] (German), Klamm [feminine] (German), Schluecht [Alemannic-German, feminine] (German), φαράγγι (farángi) [neuter] (Greek), χαράδρα (charádra) [feminine] (Greek), קַנְיוֹן (kanyón) [masculine] (Hebrew), घाटी (ghāṭī) [feminine] (Hindi), kanyon (Hungarian), szurdok (Hungarian), hegyszoros (Hungarian), szoros (Hungarian), gljúfur [neuter] (Icelandic), ngarai (Indonesian), kanyon (Indonesian), gola [feminine] (Italian), 峡谷 (kyōkoku) (alt: きょうこく) (Japanese), каньон (kanon) (Kazakh), 협곡 (hyeopgok) (alt: 峽谷) (Korean), pyla [feminine] (Latin), kanjons [masculine] (Latvian), kanjonas [masculine] (Lithuanian), кањон (kanjon) [masculine] (Macedonian), ngarai (Malay), kanyon (Malay), kopi (Maori), tsékooh (Navajo), canyon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), congost [masculine] (Occitan), بوغاز (boğaz) (Ottoman Turkish), دره (dere) (Ottoman Turkish), کانیون (kânyon) (Persian), Schlucht [feminine] (Plautdietsch), kanion [masculine] (Polish), przełom [masculine] (Polish), canhão [masculine] (Portuguese), desfiladeiro [masculine] (Portuguese), cânion [masculine] (Portuguese), defileu [neuter] (Romanian), canion [neuter] (Romanian), каньо́н (kanʹón) [masculine] (Russian), ка̀њо̄н [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kànjōn [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kaňon [masculine] (Slovak), kanjon [masculine] (Slovene), cañón [masculine] (Spanish), barranca [feminine] (Spanish), cañadón [masculine] (Spanish), kanjon [common-gender] (Swedish), sabak (Tagalog), hə̏olune (Taos), kayúnena (Taos), หุบเขา (hùp-kǎo) (Thai), โกรกธาร (gròok-taan) (Thai), kanyon (Turkish), каньйо́н (kanʹjón) [masculine] (Ukrainian), kanyon (Uzbek), vực (Vietnamese), hẻm núi (Vietnamese)
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Ukrainian translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Uzbek translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 32 68 Derived forms: box canyon, Canyon City, Canyon County, Canyon Diablo, canyoned, canyoneer, canyoneering, canyoner, canyoning, Canyon Lake, canyonland, Canyonlands, canyonless, canyonlike, canyon wren, concrete canyon, Copper Canyon, downcanyon, Grand Canyon, Keams Canyon, Muerto Canyon hantavirus, Muerto Canyon virus, Pasture Canyon, precanyon, slot canyon, upcanyon, yodel in the canyon
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cañon

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        {
          "word": "box canyon"
        },
        {
          "word": "Canyon City"
        },
        {
          "word": "Canyon County"
        },
        {
          "word": "Canyon Diablo"
        },
        {
          "word": "canyoned"
        },
        {
          "word": "canyoneer"
        },
        {
          "word": "canyoneering"
        },
        {
          "word": "canyoner"
        },
        {
          "word": "canyoning"
        },
        {
          "word": "Canyon Lake"
        },
        {
          "word": "canyonland"
        },
        {
          "word": "Canyonlands"
        },
        {
          "word": "canyonless"
        },
        {
          "word": "canyonlike"
        },
        {
          "word": "canyon wren"
        },
        {
          "word": "concrete canyon"
        },
        {
          "word": "Copper Canyon"
        },
        {
          "word": "downcanyon"
        },
        {
          "word": "Grand Canyon"
        },
        {
          "word": "Keams Canyon"
        },
        {
          "word": "Muerto Canyon hantavirus"
        },
        {
          "word": "Muerto Canyon virus"
        },
        {
          "word": "Pasture Canyon"
        },
        {
          "word": "precanyon"
        },
        {
          "word": "slot canyon"
        },
        {
          "word": "upcanyon"
        },
        {
          "word": "yodel in the canyon"
        }
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        "Of water, liquid, or another substance, to flow in or into a canyon."
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        [
          "water",
          "water"
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        [
          "liquid",
          "liquid"
        ],
        [
          "substance",
          "substance"
        ],
        [
          "flow",
          "flow"
        ]
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        "(intransitive) Of water, liquid, or another substance, to flow in or into a canyon."
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        "intransitive"
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        {
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "word": "kloof"
        },
        {
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kanion"
        },
        {
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "definite",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gryka"
        },
        {
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "indefinite"
          ],
          "word": "grykë"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḵāniq",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "خَانِق"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʔuḵdūd",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "أُخْدُود"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "talʕa",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "تَلْعَة"
        },
        {
          "code": "an",
          "lang": "Aragonese",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "foz"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "jor",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "word": "ձոր"
        },
        {
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "canga"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "kanʹjón",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "каньён"
        },
        {
          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "word": "kanienn"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "kanjón",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "каньо́н"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "congost"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "word": "峽谷"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xiágǔ",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "word": "峡谷"
        },
        {
          "code": "kw",
          "lang": "Cornish",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kanyon"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kaňon"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "kløft"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kloof"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "word": "kanjono"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "word": "kanjon"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "word": "kanjoni"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "word": "kuru"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gorge"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "canyon"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "canón"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ḳanioni",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "word": "კანიონი"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Schlucht"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Felsschlucht"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Klamm"
        },
        {
          "code": "gsw",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "Alemannic-German",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Schluecht"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "farángi",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "φαράγγι"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "charádra",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "χαράδρα"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "pháranx",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "φάραγξ"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "kanyón",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "קַנְיוֹן"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "ghāṭī",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "घाटी"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "word": "kanyon"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "word": "szurdok"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "word": "hegyszoros"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "word": "szoros"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "gljúfur"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "word": "ngarai"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "word": "kanyon"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gola"
        },
        {
          "alt": "きょうこく",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kyōkoku",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "word": "峡谷"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "kanon",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "word": "каньон"
        },
        {
          "alt": "峽谷",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "hyeopgok",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "word": "협곡"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pyla"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
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          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kanjons"
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        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "kanjonas"
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        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "kanjon",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кањон"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "word": "ngarai"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "word": "kanyon"
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        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "word": "kopi"
        },
        {
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "word": "tsékooh"
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        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "canyon"
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        {
          "code": "oc",
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          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "congost"
        },
        {
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "boğaz",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "word": "بوغاز"
        },
        {
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "dere",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "word": "دره"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "kânyon",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "word": "کانیون"
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        {
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Schlucht"
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        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "kanion"
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        {
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          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "canhão"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "desfiladeiro"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cânion"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "defileu"
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        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "canion"
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          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "каньо́н"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ка̀њо̄н"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
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          "word": "kànjōn"
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          "code": "sk",
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          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "kaňon"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kanjon"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cañón"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cañadón"
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "kanjon"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
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          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "word": "sabak"
        },
        {
          "code": "twf",
          "lang": "Taos",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "word": "hə̏olune"
        },
        {
          "code": "twf",
          "lang": "Taos",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "word": "kayúnena"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "hùp-kǎo",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "word": "หุบเขา"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "gròok-taan",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "word": "โกรกธาร"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "word": "kanyon"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "kanʹjón",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "каньйо́н"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "word": "kanyon"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "word": "vực"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
          "word": "hẻm núi"
        }
      ]
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      "enpr": "kănʹ-yən"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkænjən/"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "word": "კანიონი"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "Schlucht"
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      "code": "he",
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      "word": "קַנְיוֹן"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "szurdok"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "word": "hegyszoros"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "szoros"
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      "code": "is",
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      "word": "gljúfur"
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      "code": "id",
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      "word": "ngarai"
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      "code": "it",
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      "alt": "きょうこく",
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      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "word": "峡谷"
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      "code": "kk",
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      "word": "каньон"
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      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "word": "협곡"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pyla"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kanjons"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kanjonas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kanjon",
      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кањон"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "word": "ngarai"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "word": "kanyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "word": "kopi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "word": "tsékooh"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "canyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "congost"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "boğaz",
      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "word": "بوغاز"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "dere",
      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "word": "دره"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kânyon",
      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "word": "کانیون"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schlucht"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kanion"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "przełom"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "canhão"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desfiladeiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cânion"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "defileu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "canion"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kanʹón",
      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "каньо́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ка̀њо̄н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kànjōn"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kaňon"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kanjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cañón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "barranca"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cañadón"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kanjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "word": "sabak"
    },
    {
      "code": "twf",
      "lang": "Taos",
      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "word": "hə̏olune"
    },
    {
      "code": "twf",
      "lang": "Taos",
      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "word": "kayúnena"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "hùp-kǎo",
      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "word": "หุบเขา"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gròok-taan",
      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "word": "โกรกธาร"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "word": "kanyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kanʹjón",
      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "каньйо́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "word": "kanyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "word": "vực"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a valley cut in rock by a river",
      "word": "hẻm núi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "canyon"
}

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