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GRAND CANYON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The enormous gorge of the Colorado River in northern Arizona
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
gorge (a deep ravine (usually with a river running through it))
Holonyms ("Grand Canyon" is a part of...):
Arizona; AZ; Grand Canyon State (a state in southwestern United States; site of the Grand Canyon)
Colorado Plateau (a large plateau to the south and west of the Rocky Mountains; abuts mountains on the north and east and ends in an escarpment overlooking lowlands to the south and west; the Grand Canyon is carved out of the southwestern corner)