cânion
Appearance
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English canyon; doublet of canhão.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: câ‧ni‧on
Noun
[edit]cânion m (plural (Brazil) cânions or (Portugal) câniones)
- canyon (long, narrow, steep valley cut in rock)
- Synonyms: canhão, desfiladeiro
Further reading
[edit]- “cânion”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “cânion”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “cânion”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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