Niagara

The word Niagara (modern English pronunciation /naɪˈæg(ə)rə/)^[1] is believed to be derived from the Mohawk word ohnyákara, meaning ‘neck of land (between the lakes)'^[2] or its Neutral language equivalent onghiara.^[3] Though often popularly translated as "Thundering Waters"^[4], this folk translation has no basis in any historical native North American language.^[5] The word is most commonly encountered as the name of a set of famous waterfalls and river through which Lake Erie empties into Lake Ontario, as part of the Great Lakes drainage system of North America.

Niagara may refer to:

Geography

• Niagara Falls, famous waterfalls
• Niagara River, part of the border between the United States and Canada
• Niagara Escarpment, the cliff over which the Niagara River forms the falls
• Niagara Peninsula, between Lakes Ontario and Erie

In the United States

• Niagara County, New York
• Niagara, New York, a town
• Niagara, North Dakota, a town
• Niagara, Wisconsin, a city
• Niagara (town), Wisconsin
• Fort Niagara, near Youngstown, New York

In Canada

• Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
• Niagara Falls, Ontario
• Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario
• Niagara, Toronto, neighbourhood of Toronto

Ships

• HMS Niagara, a Royal Navy brig captured and renamed the USS Linnet (1814)
• USS Niagara, several ships in the U.S. Navy
• RMS Niagara, a New Zealand civilian liner
• Niagara (palace steamer), a steamboat that sank on the Great Lakes in 1856

Entertainment

• Niagara (1953 film), a film noir starring Marilyn Monroe
• "Niagara" (The Office), the fourth and fifth episodes of the sixth season of The Office
• Niagara (artist), an American singer and artist
• Niagara (board game), a Spiel des Jahres award-winning board game
• Niagara (band), a French rock band

Other uses

• Niagara (grape)
• Niagara University in Niagara County, New York
• Niagara College in Niagara Region, Ontario
• UltraSPARC T1, a microprocessor codenamed Niagara.
• UltraSPARC T2, a microprocessor codenamed Niagara II.
• Pobjoy Niagara, a British aircraft engine

References

1. ^ "Niagara", Oxford English Dictionary,,Oxford Reference Online; Oxford University Press (2008).
2. ^ "Niagara", Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford Reference Online; Oxford University Press.(2008)
3. ^ Rayburn, Alan (1997), Place Names of Ontario,University of Toronto Press.,Pg. 241 ISBN 0802072070
4. ^ Everett-Heath, John (2005), "Niagara Falls", Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names, Oxford Reference Online; Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198605374; OCLC 180112695.
5. ^ Rayburn, Alan (1997), Place Names of Ontario, University of Toronto Press, p. 241. ISBN 0802072070.

See also

• Niagara Falls (disambiguation)

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