What does CANYON mean?

Definitions for CANYON
ˈkæn yəncanyon

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. canyon, canonnoun

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

Wiktionary

  1. canyonnoun

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

  2. Etymology: From cañón

Wikipedia

  1. Canyon

    Ridin' Down the Canyon is a 1942 American film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers. Members of the Western Writers of America chose its title song as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time, ranked 97.

ChatGPT

  1. canyon

    A canyon is a deep, narrow valley with steep sides, often with a river flowing through it. It is typically formed through long-term erosion caused by wind and water, often from a river cutting through hard rocks. Canyons can be found in mountains, plateaus, and even beneath oceans.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Canyonnoun

    the English form of the Spanish word Ca–on.

  2. Etymology: [Sp., a tube or hollow, fr. caa reed, fr. L. canna. See Cane.]

Wikidata

  1. Canyon

    A canyon or gorge is a deep ravine between cliffs often carved from the landscape by a river. Rivers have a natural tendency to reach a baseline elevation, which is the same elevation as the body of water it will eventually drain into. This forms a canyon. Most canyons were formed by a process of long-time erosion from a plateau level. The cliffs form because harder rock strata that are resistant to erosion and weathering remain exposed on the valley walls. The word canyon is Spanish in origin. The word canyon is generally used in the United States, while the word gorge is more common in Europe and Oceania, though gorge and ravine are also used in some parts of the United States and Canada. The military derived word defile is occasionally used in the United Kingdom. Canyons are much more common in arid areas than in wet areas because physical weathering has a greater effect in arid zones. The wind and water from the river combine to erode and cut away less resistant materials such as shales. The freezing and expansion of water also serves to help form canyons. Water seeps into cracks between the rocks and freezes, pushing the rocks apart and eventually causing large chunks to break off the canyon walls, in a process known as frost wedging. Canyon walls are often formed of resistant sandstones or granite. Submarine canyons form underwater, generally at the mouths of rivers.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. CANYON

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Canyon is ranked #75317 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Canyon surname appeared 256 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Canyon.

    32.4% or 83 total occurrences were White.
    26.9% or 69 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    24.6% or 63 total occurrences were Black.
    8.2% or 21 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    5.4% or 14 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    2.3% or 6 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of CANYON in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of CANYON in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of CANYON in a Sentence

  1. Adam Jentleson:

    Sen. McConnell is leading his members into a box canyon, they staked out an unsustainable position, and they won't be able to hold it.

  2. Kyrsten Sinema:

    Demands to eliminate this threshold from whichever party holds the fleeting majority amount to a group of people separated on two sides of a canyon shouting that solution to their colleagues. I understand there’s some on both sides of the aisle, how embarrassing for Joe Biden.

  3. 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.

  4. Andy Pearce:

    It'll be quiet, really chilly, the air will be still. The moon sparkles on the snow and the canyon has a moonlit glow coming from it. It makes some of the cliff walls appear to glow.

  5. Cal Fire:

    Fire will become active with primary movement to the east due to the west winds. Steep drainages will aid the spread with the up canyon/up slope winds and heavy fuels.

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