Niagara
pronunciation
How to pronounce Niagara in British English:
UK [naɪ'æɡərə]
How to pronounce Niagara in American English:
US [naɪ'æɡərə]
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- Noun:
- waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls; in the United States it is the American Falls
- a river flowing from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario; forms boundary between Ontario and New York
Word Origin
- Niagara
- waterfall from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, from a town name, perhaps from an Iroquoian language and meaning "a neck" (between two bodies of water); general sense of "a cataract, torrent" is attested from 1841; meaning " 'shower' of ringlets (true or false) in women's hair" is from 1864, also known as cataract curls.
Example
- 1. Niagara falls consists of three waterfalls : the american falls , horseshoe falls and bridal veil falls .
- 2. He could hear in buffett 's voice that the man thought salomon had thrown him over niagara falls in a barrel .
- 3. In modern times , several people have gone over niagara falls , most of them on purpose . Most also survived .
- 4. In 1881 , street lamps in the city of niagara falls were powered by hydropower .
- 5. But , we think the beauty and power of niagara falls is best experienced from near the water , not in it .