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Ni⋅ag⋅a⋅ra

  [nahy-ag-ruh, -ag-er-uh]
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–noun
1. a river on the boundary between W New York and Ontario, Canada, flowing from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario. 34 mi. (55 km) long.
2. Niagara Falls.
3. Fort, a fort in W New York, at the mouth of the Niagara River.
4. (lowercase) anything taken as resembling Niagara Falls in force and relentlessness; avalanche: a niagara of criticism.
5. Horticulture.
a. a variety of white grape, grown for table use.
b. the vine bearing this fruit.
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Ni·ag·a·ra   (nī-āg'rə, -ər-ə)   
n.  A torrent or flood: "engulfed by the Niagara of Americanisms that flowed over them" (Wall Street Journal).

[After Niagara (Falls)1.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

Niagara 
waterfall from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, from an Iroquoian town name; 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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Niagara

county, northwestern New York state, U.S. It consists of a lowland region bounded to the north by Lake Ontario, to the west by Ontario, Can. (the Niagara River constituting the border), and to the south by Tonawanda Creek, which is incorporated into the Erie Canal (itself part of the New York State Canal System). Among the other waterways are Power Reservoir and Eighteenmile and Johnson creeks. Niagara Falls, a cataract on the Niagara River between New York and Ontario, is one of North America's best-known natural wonders and an important source of hydroelectric power for both the United States and Canada. The falls are surrounded by parklands-including Niagara Falls State Park, New York's oldest state park (established 1885). Among the other state parks are Whirlpool, Devil's Hole, Wilson-Tuscarora, and Golden Hill. Oak trees predominate in wooded areas

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