Etymology

canyon

can·yon
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Today it means: A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river. Full definition →

Spanish cañón
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The story

  1. Spanish · borrowed fromcañón
  2. English todaycanyon

Borrowed from Spanish cañón. Doublet of cannon.

Words from the same roots

Spanishcañón all →

canoncanion

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.