niagara falls

1. 1.

   waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls; in the United States it is the American Falls

   SynonymsNiagara

   Broaderwaterfall

   Part ofNiagaraOntarioNew York

   PartsAmerican FallsCanadian Falls
2. 2.

   a city in western New York State at the falls of the Niagara river; tourist attraction and honeymoon resort

   Broadercity

   Part ofNew York

Questions about niagara falls

What does niagara falls mean?

niagara falls means "waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls; in the United States it is the American Falls". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for niagara falls?

Close synonyms include Niagara. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is niagara falls a common word?

niagara falls is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.