Niagara Falls

noun

1. the falls of the Niagara River: in Canada, the Horseshoe Falls, 158 feet (48 meters) high; 2,600 feet (792 meters) wide; in the U.S., American Falls, 167 feet (51 meters) high; 1,000 feet (305 meters) wide.

2. a city in W New York, on the U.S. side of the falls.

3. a city in SE Ontario, on the Canadian side of the falls.

Niagara Falls

noun

1. (functioning as plural) the falls of the Niagara River, on the border between the US and Canada between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario: divided by Goat Island into the American Falls, 50 m (167 ft) high and approximately 300 m (985 ft) wide, and the Horseshoe or Canadian Falls, 47 m (158 ft) high and by some estimates well over 800 m (2625 ft) wide

2. (functioning as singular) a city in W New York State, situated at the falls of the Niagara River. Pop: 78 815 (2001)

3. (functioning as singular) a city in S Canada, in SE Ontario on the Niagara River just below the falls: linked to the city of Niagara Falls in the US by three bridges. Pop: 78 815 (2001)

Niagara Falls

1. Waterfall in western New York state and southern Ontario, Canada.

Great tourist attraction known as a honeymooners' resort.

Example Sentences

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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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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For decades, Marineland was a destination for Canadian children and their parents who wanted an up-close look at ocean-life near Niagara Falls.

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For him, backcountry flying is just another mode of sightseeing, like hiking through Yosemite or boating beneath Niagara Falls.

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