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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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Niagara River  
A river flowing about 55 km (34 mi) from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. It forms part of the boundary between western New York and Ontario, Canada.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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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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