"cañón" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cañóns [plural]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Spanish cañón. Etymology templates: {{ubor|en|es|cañón}} Unadapted borrowing from Spanish cañón Head templates: {{en-noun}} cañón (plural cañóns)
  1. Alternative form of canyon. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: canyon
    Sense id: en-cañón-en-noun-iPyYf9vh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 63 23 13 2 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 56 29 14 1 0

Inflected forms

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