niagara : Idioms & Phrases

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niagara falls

  • noun waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls; in the United States it is the American Falls
    Niagara.
  • noun a city in western New York State at the falls of the Niagara river; tourist attraction and honeymoon resort
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niagara period

Ni*ag"a*ra pe"ri*od
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  1. (Geol.) A subdivision or the American Upper Silurian system, embracing the Medina, Clinton, and Niagara epoch. The rocks of the Niagara epoch, mostly limestones, are extensively distributed, and at Niagara Falls consist of about eighty feet of shale supporting a greater thickness of limestone, which is gradually undermined by the removal of the shale. See Chart of Geology.
Webster 1913

niagara river

  • noun a river flowing from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario; forms boundary between Ontario and New York
    Niagara.
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