how to pronounce canyon

/ˈkæn.jən/

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canyon is pronounced in two syllables

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kænjən

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An example use of canyon in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… so you do reserve that lady Canyon thank …”

meaning of canyon

A canyon is a deep, steep-sided valley formed by the erosive action of a river over geologic time.

canyon frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word canyon occurs in english on average 2.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics canyon can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that canyon can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) leisure and entertainment;

words with pronunciation similar to canyon

pinioncanterlanterncarrionhansoncancelcantocanvascannulacancer

words that rhyme with canyon

companion

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