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caño
Spanish · medieval
"tube, pipe, gorge"
meaning "tube" or "pipe", from Latin "canna" (reed)
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cañón
Mexican Spanish · 1700s
"a deep gorge"
applied to deep river gorges in the Americas
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canyon
English · 1800s
"a deep valley with steep sides"
adopted by English-speaking settlers in the American West
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