GRAND CANYON

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 I. (noun) 

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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)

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