Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Plural form of canyon.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word canyons.

Examples

  • Redwoods, Oaks, Firs and Manzanitas, bounded by running streams in canyons and ravines form welcome shade during our trip.

    Jack London Historic State Park Horseback Riding 2010

  • "The total length of the canyons is 540 kilometers, the depth is 1,250 meters and the height at the rim is 2,250 meters," he told us.

    Chocolates for Charlie 2006

  • "The total length of the canyons is 540 kilometers, the depth is 1,250 meters and the height at the rim is 2,250 meters," he told us.

    Chocolates for Charlie 2006

  • Stereo especially helps kill visual misconceptions, dune trains in canyons being a case in point.

    Cellular dunes? - and those glass tubes Ray Girvan 2004

  • Stereo especially helps kill visual misconceptions, dune trains in canyons being a case in point.

    Archive 2004-02-01 Ray Girvan 2004

  • From a point below Hope where the Fraser River emerges from its long race through the mountain canyons it pursues its course for 70 or 80 miles to the sea.

    Oriental Immigration 1923

  • We’ve laid out the details on how to take in the grandest of canyons from a little-known access point, and have proposed two further options in America’s heartland: a park boasting lunar-like landscapes and verdant prairies and another with one-of-a-kind vistas of sweeping sandstone arches.

    Top 10 National Parks Without Crowds | Impact Lab 2006

  • The canyons were the perfect place for that kind of energy.

    John Belushi Is Dead Kathy Charles 2010

  • The so-called canyons of several forks of the upper Stickeen are visible, but even where best seen in the foreground and middle ground of the picture, they are like mere sunken gorges, making scarce perceptible marks on the landscape, while the tops of the highest mountain-swells show only small patches of snow and no glaciers.

    Travels in Alaska John Muir 1876

  • The sponge was named Aaptos kanuux after the Aleut word for "heart," to emphasize the Pribilof Islanders 'view that the canyons are the heart of the Bering Sea.

    News 2010

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.