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☆ can·yon (kan′yən)

noun

a long, narrow valley between high cliffs, often with a stream flowing through it

Etymology: AmSp cañón < Sp, a pipe, tube, gorge < caño, a tube < L canna, a reed: see cane

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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