grandeur
noun/ˈɡrændjər/
Frequency rank: #10,385 most common English word
Meaning
impressiveness or magnificence, especially of appearance or scale.
Example sentence
Tourists were speechless when they first witnessed the grandeur of the Grand Canyon.
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