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Definition of Grand canyon
1. Noun. The enormous gorge of the Colorado River in northern Arizona.
Definition of Grand canyon
1. Proper noun. A large national park and gorge, carved by the Colorado River, located in Arizona. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grand Canyon
Literary usage of Grand canyon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"To the ordinary person most of the grand canyon is at present inaccessible, for,
... The grand canyon was probably discovered by GL de Cardenas in 1540, ..."
2. Forest Physiography: Physiography of the United States and Principles of by Isaiah Bowman (1911)
"73.l grand canyon DISTRICT The most celebrated and best-known portion of the
Colorado Plateaus is the grand canyon district. The great north-south crustal ..."
3. Southern California Quarterly by Los Angeles County Pioneers of Southern California, Historical Society of Southern California (1898)
"With its various canyons the grand canyon covers an area of several hundred ...
The grand canyon is entered, in Arizona, by way of the Colorado Plateau. ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"It is navigable for steamers as far as Callville, 612 miles from its mouth, and
can be made so, it is thought, to the foot of the grand canyon, ..."
5. A Canyon Voyage: The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition Down the by Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh (1908)
"THE grand canyon ....... Storm effect from South Rim. MAPS 258 Map by the US War
Department, 1868. Supplied by the courtesy of General Mackenzie, ..."
6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1895)
"Griswold discussed some geographical and geological features of the San Francisco
Mountains and the grand canyon of the Colorado, describing in some detail ..."
7. Environmental Theology by Richard Cartwright Austin (1990)
"The grand canyon I made my fifth visit to the grand canyon in February 1986. ...
I first saw grand canyon in the summer of 1947, at age twelve. ..."
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