urban canyon

noun

a street with high-rise buildings on both sides giving pedestrians the feeling of being in a gorge (how tall the buildings need to be for this depends on the breadth of the street)

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Meanings

nounurban canyon (plural urban canyons)

plural urban canyons

  1. a street with high-rise buildings on both sides giving pedestrians the feeling of being in a gorge (how tall the buildings need to be for this depends on the breadth of the street)

Translations

German Straßenschlucht
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Chicago

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