What is the closest form of the enlish word "canyon" in latin?

Question

I'd like to know the latin word for "canyon," but every latin to english dictionary I have tells me there is no match. Please help me find the closest word.

Answer 1

Well, "canyon" is really just a regional way of saying "valley", so you can use any one of Latin's numerous terms for valley; "valles" is a good one. (valles, vallis, f.) "Angustiae" if you want to mean something a bit narrower like a gorge. (angustiae, angustiarum, f. pl.)

Fossa doesn't really work since it's specifically an excavated ditch. In English, that's not what would usually be regarded as a canyon.

Answer 2

Since "canyon" was not known to Romans (in Italy we don't have canyons and at that time America was far to be discovered...!!) they couldn't have the direct word to translate it . I guess it's necessary to go around the word and since canyon it's a rocky fosse (canal /ditch / trench) I would suggest to translate into Latin as "fossa petrosa" or "fossatum petrosum"
Edit # 1 - I disagree below answerer's comments.
Fossa is not just an excavated ditch/trench. For example the
Marianas Trench is absolutely natural (like canyons are) and in my derived from Latin language (Italian) we call it Fossa delle Marianne.
It's quite obvious that in this case Fossa is derived by Latin's name and I guess it can be used even for "canyons".

Answer 3

it is cayon

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Since "canyon" was not known to Romans (in Italy we don't have canyons and at that time America was far to be discovered...!!) they couldn't have the direct word to translate it . I guess it's necessary to go around the word and since canyon it's a rocky fosse (canal /ditch / trench) I would
suggest to translate into Latin as "fossa petrosa" or "fossatum petrosum"


Try typing cañon into a Spanish-Latin dictionary because the word originally came from Spanish.

Answer 4

Try typing cañon into a Spanish-Latin dictionary because the word originally came from Spanish.

Answer 5

In spanish is "cañón.