variants
or less commonly cañon
1
: a deep narrow valley with steep sides and often with a stream flowing through it
2
: something resembling a canyon
the city's concrete canyons
Examples of canyon in a Sentence
as the scouts made their way through the canyon, they marveled at the sheer walls of rock on both sides
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Other distinctive features of the main lodge include a dining room with canyon views, saloon, sunroom, auditorium and post office.
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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 14 July 2025
Temperatures at the lowest canyon elevations will be well into the triple digits on Monday.
—Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Fire crews are focusing on securing the fire line and minimizing spread into the canyon, operations section chief Eric Zanotto said in a Saturday morning update.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 12 July 2025
Lessons learned from wildfires that scorched local canyon communities in the recent past — the Coastal fire, the Aliso fire and the Bond fire — were pulled in and law enforcement personnel from Pasadena spoke about their experiences in the Eaton fire in January.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 10 July 2025
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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 14 July 2025
Temperatures at the lowest canyon elevations will be well into the triple digits on Monday.
—Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Fire crews are focusing on securing the fire line and minimizing spread into the canyon, operations section chief Eric Zanotto said in a Saturday morning update.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 12 July 2025
Lessons learned from wildfires that scorched local canyon communities in the recent past — the Coastal fire, the Aliso fire and the Bond fire — were pulled in and law enforcement personnel from Pasadena spoke about their experiences in the Eaton fire in January.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 10 July 2025
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“Canyon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/canyon. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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