Niagara

[nahy-ag-ruh, -ag-er-uh]

noun

1. a river on the boundary between W New York and Ontario, Canada, flowing from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario. 34 miles (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.

   1. a variety of white grape, grown for table use.

   2. the vine bearing this fruit.

Niagara

/ naɪˈæɡrə, -ˈæɡərə /

noun

1. a river in NE North America, on the border between W New York State and Ontario, Canada, flowing from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. Length: 45 km (28 miles)

2. a torrent

Example Sentences

Marineland, near the famed Niagara Falls, was once a profitable theme park.

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OK, Tartan Army, can you hear Lady Liberty calling you from New York Harbour, can you feel the rush of the Niagara Falls, can you almost taste the tequila in Guadalajara?

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At the talks near Niagara Falls, America's top diplomat said women and children had been targeted in acts of the most horrific kind by the RSF in el-Fasher.

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“I can get them at a lower price at other stores now, same water since it’s all Niagara.”

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Bowman’s mother, who died in 2019, had always wanted to visit Niagara Falls, N.Y., so that is where Bowman went to celebrate zeroing out her student debt.

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Related Words

• deluge 
• downpour 
• flow 
• glut 
• spate 
• stream 
• surge 
• tide 
• torrent 
• tsunami 
• wave