קניון

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew, properly) IPA^(key): /kanˈjon/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew, commonly) IPA^(key): /ˈken.jon/
• The pronunciation /ˈken.jon/ is a result of the influence of English canyon, but applies to both etymologies.

Coined by David Azrieli in 1985 when founding one of the first shopping centers in Israel. By surface analysis קָנָה (kaná, “to buy”) +‎ ־וֹן (-ón). The colloquial pronunciation developed by analogy with the borrowing from English canyon.

קַנְיוֹן • (kanyón) m (plural indefinite קַנְיוֹנִים, plural construct קַנְיוֹנֵי־)

1. shopping mall

• → Russian: каньон (kanʹon) (Israel)

Ultimately from Spanish cañón.

קַנְיוֹן • (kanyón) m (plural indefinite קַנְיוֹנִים, plural construct קַנְיוֹנֵי־)

1. canyon

• Klein, Ernest (1987) “קַנְיוֹן”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 585a
• “קניון” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language