canyonland en · NOUN
Etymology
From canyon + land.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A land full of canyons.
The Kotsoteka Comanche lived mostly along the Canadian River, where the Llano ended and the dry plains turned into grassy canyonlands.
2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 94:But I soon realized that whoever described the city as a concrete canyonland had his topography all wrong.
2009 March 8, Christopher Solomon, “Mountain Man”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| canyonlands | Number=Plur | lexicographic |