canyonland

noun

Etymology

From canyon + land.

  1. derived from *lendʰ-
  2. inherited from *landą
  3. inherited from *land
  4. inherited from land
  5. inherited from lond
  6. compounded as canyonland — “canyon + land

Definitions

  1. A land full of canyons.

    • But I soon realized that whoever described the city as a concrete canyonland had his topography all wrong.
    • The Kotsoteka Comanche lived mostly along the Canadian River, where the Llano ended and the dry plains turned into grassy canyonlands.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for canyonland. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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