NIAGARA

The word 'Niagara' (Iroquois Nation pronunciation "Nee-ah-GAh-rah"^[1][2][3]) comes from the Neutral word ''onghiar'', meaning "thunder of waters". 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:

Contents

Geography

Things

Places

Geography

★ 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 town of Niagara, New York

★ the city of Niagara Falls, New York
''in Canada''

★ Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario

★ Niagara Falls, Ontario

★ Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario

Things

★ Fort Niagara

★ Niagara (grape)

★ Niagara Mohawk

★ 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 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, a French rock band

★ UltraSPARC T1, a microprocessor codenamed Niagara.

★ UltraSPARC T2, a microprocessor codenamed Niagara II.

Places

★ Niagara, North Dakota

★ Niagara, Wisconsin

★ Niagara (town), Wisconsin