Niagara

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The word Niagara (Iroquois Nation pronunciation "Nee-ah-GAh-rah"^[1]) comes from the Iroquois word onghiar, meaning "Across the Neck" or "The Strait" but is popularly translated as "Thundering of Waters".^[2] It was their name for a waterfall at the point where the other American Great Lakes empty into Ontario that was later adapted by European settlers as Niagara Falls.

Many geographic locations near the falls were named after Niagara, including:

[edit] Geography

• Niagara Falls, a set of massive waterfalls located on the Niagara River
• Niagara River, forming a border between the United States and Canada
• Niagara Escarpment, a long escarpment best known as the cliff over which the Niagara River forms the falls
• Niagara Peninsula, between Lakes Ontario and Erie

In the United States

• Niagara County, New York
• the city of Niagara Falls, New York
• the town of Niagara, New York
• the town of Niagara, North Dakota
• the city of Niagara, Wisconsin
• the town of Niagara (town), Wisconsin

In Canada

• Niagara Falls, Ontario
• Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
• Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario

[edit] Things

• Fort Niagara
• Niagara (grape)
• Niagara Mohawk Power Company
• Niagara Directory
• Niagara Falls State Park in Niagara Falls, New York
• Niagara University in Niagara County, New York
• Niagara College in Niagara Region, Ontario
• USS Brig Niagara
• Niagara (palace steamer) - steamboat that caught fire and sank on the Great Lakes in 1856
• Niagara (1953 film)
• Niagara (1814) a Royal Navy brig, captured in the War of 1812 and renamed USS Linnet.
• USS Niagara, a name given to several ships
• RMS Niagara, a New Zealand civilian liner
• Niagara (artist), An American singer and artist
• Niagara (board game), a Spiel des Jahres award-winning board game
• Niagara (band), a French rock band
• Niagara Falls (band), American experimental band
• UltraSPARC T1, a microprocessor codenamed Niagara.
• UltraSPARC T2, a microprocessor codenamed Niagara II.

[edit] References

1. ^ Welker, Glenn (1996). The Sacrifice at Niagara Falls. Retrieved on 2007-11-25.
2. ^ Everett-Heath, John (2005), “Niagara Falls”, Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names, Oxford Reference Online; Oxford University Press.