The Grand Canyon is one of the most popular places in the USA.
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Canyon
//ˈkænjən//
Synonyms for "canyon" (82 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (24)
Related words (41)
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1 entriesderived
33 entriesShowing 16 of 33 words.
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1 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Translations
88 translations across 61 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- kloof noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Albanian
3 entries- gryka noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
- grykë noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
- kanion noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- φάραγξ noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Arabic
3 entries- أُخْدُود noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
- تَلْعَة noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
- خَانِق noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Aragonese
1 entries- foz noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Armenian
1 entries- ձոր noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Asturian
1 entries- canga noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Belarusian
1 entries- каньён noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Breton
1 entries- kanienn noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Bulgarian
1 entries- каньо́н noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Catalan
1 entries- congost noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 峽谷 /峡谷 noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Cornish
1 entries- kanyon noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Czech
1 entries- kaňon noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Danish
1 entries- kløft noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Dutch
1 entries- kloof noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Esperanto
1 entries- kanjono noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Estonian
1 entries- kanjon noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Finnish
2 entries- kanjoni noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
- kuru noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
French
2 entries- canyon noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
- gorge noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Galician
1 entries- canón noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Georgian
1 entries- კანიონი noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
German
4 entries- Felsschlucht noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
- Klamm noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
- Schlucht noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
- Schluecht noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Greek
2 entries- φαράγγι noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
- χαράδρα noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Hebrew
1 entries- קַנְיוֹן noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Hindi
1 entries- घाटी noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Hungarian
4 entries- hegyszoros noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
- kanyon noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
- szoros noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
- szurdok noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Icelandic
1 entries- gljúfur noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Indonesian
2 entries- kanyon noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
- ngarai noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Italian
1 entries- gola noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Japanese
1 entries- 峡谷 noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Kazakh
1 entries- каньон noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Korean
1 entries- 협곡 noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Latin
1 entries- pyla noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Latvian
1 entries- kanjons noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Lithuanian
1 entries- kanjonas noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Macedonian
1 entries- кањон noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Malay
2 entries- kanyon noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
- ngarai noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Māori
1 entries- kopi noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Navajo
1 entries- tsékooh noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- canyon noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Occitan
1 entries- congost noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- بوغاز noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
- دره noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Persian
2 entries- ژرفدرّه noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
- کانیون noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Schlucht noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Polish
2 entries- kanion noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
- przełom noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Portuguese
3 entries- canhão noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
- cânion noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
- desfiladeiro noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Romanian
2 entries- canion noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
- defileu noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Russian
1 entries- каньо́н noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- kànjōn noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
- ка̀њо̄н noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Slovak
1 entries- kaňon noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Slovene
1 entries- kanjon noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Spanish
3 entries- barranca noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
- cañadón noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
- cañón noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Swedish
1 entries- kanjon noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Tagalog
1 entries- sabak noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Taos
2 entries- hə̏olune noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
- kayúnena noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Thai
2 entries- หุบเขา noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
- โกรกธาร noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Turkish
1 entries- kanyon noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Ukrainian
1 entries- каньйо́н noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Uzbek
1 entries- kanyon noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Vietnamese
2 entries- hẻm núi noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
- vực noun (a valley cut in rock by a river)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The Grand Canyon at sunrise was the most impressive sight that I had ever seen.
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The path through the canyon seems steep.
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The sound of a gunshot echoed across the canyon.
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