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Niagara

 
Dictionary: Ni·ag·a·ra   (nī-ăg'rə, -ər-ə) pronunciation
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A torrent or flood: "engulfed by the Niagara of Americanisms that flowed over them" (Wall Street Journal).

[After NIAGARA (FALLS)1.]


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noun

    An abundant, usually overwhelming flow or fall, as of a river or rain: alluvion, cataclysm, cataract, deluge, downpour, flood, freshet, inundation, overflow, torrent. Chiefly British spate. See big/small/amount.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls; in the United States it is the American Falls
  Synonym: Niagara Falls

Meaning #2: a river flowing from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario; forms boundary between Ontario and New York
  Synonym: Niagara River


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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.

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  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.

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