Synonyms for Canyon
ˈkæn yəncanyon

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1. canyonnoun

   Synonyms:
   ravine, valley, dalles, vale, dale, gulch

2. canyonnoun

   A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.

   Synonyms:
   valley, dalles, ravine, dale, vale, gulch

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1. canyon, canonnoun

   a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall

   Synonyms:
   canyon, canon

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1. • Ravine

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1. canyonnoun

   Synonyms:
   [Sp. cañon], gorge, ravine, gulch

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1. canyonnoun

   Synonyms:
   gorge, ravine, gulch

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1. List of paraphrases for "canyon":

   canyons, barrel

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1. Gary Arndt:

   There is a lot of politics and money in play, rich countries tend to have more World World Heritage. Also, as the obvious places have been put on the list -- Great Wall, Grand Canyon, Pyramids, etc. -- ever more marginal sites have been added.

2. Cal Fire:

   Fire will become active with primary movement to the east due to the west winds. Steep drainages will aid the spread with the up canyon/up slope winds and heavy fuels.

3. Washington County:

   In the flash flooding two occupied vehicles were hit by a large wall of water and debris at the Canyon Street Maxwell Crossing and were carried into the flood.

4. Alan Valentine:

   For thousands of years, father and son have stretched wistful hands across the canyon of time, each eager to help the other to his side, but neither quite able to desert the loyalties of his contemporaries. The relationship is always changing and hence always fragile nothing endures except the sense of difference.

5. Adam Jentleson:

   Sen. McConnell is leading his members into a box canyon, they staked out an unsustainable position, and they won't be able to hold it.