Grand Canyon

English

Pronunciation

see grand, canyon

Proper noun

Grand Canyon

A large national park and gorge carved by the Colorado River, located in Arizona, United States.
Synonym of Grand Canyon Village, a settlement on the south rim of the canyon.

Derived terms

Translations

large national park and gorge

Armenian: Գրանդ Կանյոն (Grand Kanyon)
Catalan: Gran Canyó m
Cherokee: ᏗᎵᏍᏆᎸᏓ (dilisqualvda)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 科羅拉多大峽谷 / 科罗拉多大峡谷 (zh) (Kēluólāduō Dàxiágǔ)
Dutch: Grand Canyon m
Finnish: Grand Canyon
French: Grand Canyon m
German: Grand Canyon (de) m
Greek: Γκραν Κάνυον n (Gkran Kányon)
Hopi: Öngtupqa
Hungarian: Grand Canyon (hu)
Japanese: グランドキャニオン (Gurando-Kyanion)
Navajo: Bidááʼ Haʼaztʼiʼ Tsékooh
Occitan: Gran Canhon m, Grand Canhon m
Portuguese: Grand Canyon m
Russian: Гранд-Каньо́н m (Grand-Kanʹón)
Spanish: Gran Cañón m
Swedish: Grand Canyon
Thai: แกรนด์แคนยอน (graen-kaenyon)

Further reading

Grand Canyon in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡʁɛnt ˈkɛnjən/, (also) /ɡɹɛ(ː)nt .../
Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file)

Proper noun

der Grand Canyon m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Grand Canyon or des Grand Canyons)

Grand Canyon (a canyon in the United States)

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Grand Canyon.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɡɾɐ̃ keˈnjõ/

Proper noun

Grand Canyon m

Grand Canyon (a large national park and gorge carved by the Colorado River, located in Arizona, United States)