Grand Canyon

English

Horse Shoe Bend in the Grand Canyon

Pronunciation

• see grand, canyon

Proper noun

Grand Canyon

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

Derived terms

• Grand Canyon State
• Grand Canyon Village

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 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 .../

Proper noun

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

1. Grand Canyon (a canyon in the United States)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Grand Canyon m

1. Grand Canyon (a canyon and national park in the United States)