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 .

Notes

Great tourist attraction known as a honeymooners' resort.

Example Sentences

“Because they think of Niagara Falls, you know, those big huge water sources. That’s not what we have.”

From Los Angeles Times

Lillis was born in Niagara Falls, New York, in 1978 and trained in opera at university before becoming a voice actor.

From BBC

The path of totality spanned the continent, beginning over the warm sands of a Mexican beach town and darkening the skies above the crashing waters of Niagara Falls before ending its journey on the shores of Canada's Newfoundland.

From BBC

Four additional stamps show them above landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower and Niagara Falls.

From BBC

Opie is performing one of her best talents: taking an iconic subject and making it strange, as she did when she portrayed Niagara Falls out of focus, football players as tender souls, and L.A. highways emptied of cars.

From Los Angeles Times