Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - canyon
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Canyon
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also canon noun Etymology: American Spanish canon, probably alteration of obsolete Spanish callon, augmentative of calle street, from Latin callis footpath Date: 1834 1. a deep narrow valley with steep sides and often with a stream flowing through it 2. something resembling a ~ the city's concrete ~s
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n. (also ca{ntilde}on) a deep gorge, often with a stream or river. Etymology: Sp. ca{ntilde}{oacute}n tube, ult. f. L canna CANE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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(canyons) A canyon is a long, narrow valley with very steep sides. ...the Grand Canyon. N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n a deep valley with very steep sides of rock that usually has a river running through it ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1834, from Mex.Sp. caсon, extended sense of Sp. caсon "a pipe, tube, gorge," from cano "a tube," from L. canna "reed" (see cane). But earlier spelling callon (1560s) might suggest a source in calle "street." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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