cânion
Portuguese, noun/ˈkɐ̃.njõ/
cânion is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “canyon (long, narrow, steep valley cut in rock)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “recorte profundo em um terreno que forma um vale prolongado de encostas íngremes e escabrosas”.
What does cânion mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecanyon (long, narrow, steep valley cut in rock)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. recorte profundo em um terreno que forma um vale prolongado de encostas íngremes e escabrosas
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cânion
- cânions Brazil plural
- câniones Portugal plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cânion?
- Brazil /ˈkɐ̃.njõ/
- Portugal /ˈkɐ.njɔn/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cânion
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cânion in Portuguese?
cânion appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).