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Niagara

nia·gara

UK/naɪˈæɡ(ə)ɹə/ US/naɪˈæɡrʌ/ uncommon

noun

1.

waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls; in the United States it is the American Falls

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a river flowing from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario; forms boundary between Ontario and New York

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From an Iroquoian language; compare Mohawk ohnyá:kara' (“neck of land”). The name of the tribe which resided in the area was recorded on early maps as Onguiarahronon or Niagagarega.

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