Synonyms for canyon
ˈkæn yəncanyon

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1. canyonnoun

   Synonyms:
   ravine, valley, dalles, vale, dale, gulch

2. canyonnoun

   A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.

   Synonyms:
   valley, dalles, ravine, dale, vale, gulch

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1. canyon, canonnoun

   a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall

   Synonyms:
   canon

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1. • Ravine

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1. canyonnoun

   Synonyms:
   [Sp. cañon], gorge, ravine, gulch

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1. canyonnoun

   Synonyms:
   gorge, ravine, gulch

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1. List of paraphrases for "canyon":

   canyons, barrel

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1. Don Marquis:

   Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.

2. Yellowstone National Park:

   At 8 a.m. Wednesday, June 22, Yellowstone National Park will begin allowing visitors to access the south loop of Yellowstone National Park, the south loop is accessed from the East( Cody), West( West Yellowstone), and South( Grand Teton/Jackson). Areas accessible include Madison, Old Faithful, Grant Village, Lake Village, Canyon Village and Norris.

3. Marina Garcia:

   Garcia News 4 Tucson. Marina Garcia told her husband the baby was not his. ( Cochise County Sheriff's Office) Despite the child not being his, he said he was willing to adopt the child and raise him as his own. DEMS WAGE BATTLE AGAINST ARIZONA ’S ‘ BALLOT HARVESTING ’ BAN, AMID VOTER FRAUD CONCERNS On Feb. 2, Marina Garcia went into labor at Canyon Vista Medical Center in Sierra Vista, Arizona. She told her husband’s sister that the baby had died in child birth. When my sister called me about that, it was pretty emotional. We cried quite a bit together over the phone. It was devastating.

4. Gary Arndt:

   There is a lot of politics and money in play, rich countries tend to have more World World Heritage. Also, as the obvious places have been put on the list -- Great Wall, Grand Canyon, Pyramids, etc. -- ever more marginal sites have been added.

5. Malcolm McCulloch:

   We have discovered near-pristine, sheer-drop cliffs of over 1,968 feet and mapped structures that are rarely found in other parts of the ocean, it is truly a huge canyon.