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The word '''Niagara''' (Iroquois Nation pronunciation "Nee-ah-GAh-rah"<ref>{{cite web
| last =Welker
| first =Glenn
| authorlink =
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| title =The Sacrifice at Niagara Falls
| work =
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| date =1996
| url =http://www.indigenouspeople.net/sacrific.htm
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| accessdate = 2007-11-25 }}</ref>) comes from the [[Iroquois]] word ''onghiar'', meaning "Across the Neck" or "The Strait" but is popularly translated as "Thundering of Waters".<ref>{{Citation
| last =Everett-Heath
| first =John
| contribution =Niagara Falls
| year =2005
| title =Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names
| place=
| publisher =Oxford Reference Online; Oxford University Press.
| id = }}</ref> It was their name for the waterfall at the point where the other [[Great Lakes]] empty into [[Lake Ontario]]. It was later adapted by European settlers as [[Niagara Falls]].
Niagara may refer to:
==Geography==
* [[Niagara River]], part of the border between the United States and Canada
* [[Niagara Escarpment]], 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]]
* [[Niagara, New York]], a town
* [[Niagara, North Dakota]], a town
* [[Niagara, Wisconsin]], a city
* [[Niagara (town), Wisconsin]]
* [[Fort Niagara]], near Youngstown, New York
;In Canada
* [[Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario]]
* [[Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario]]
==Ships==
* HMS ''Niagara'', a Royal Navy brig captured and renamed the [[USS Linnet (1814)|USS ''Linnet'' (1814)]]
* [[USS Niagara|USS ''Niagara'']], several ships in the U.S. Navy
* [[RMS Niagara|RMS ''Niagara'']], a New Zealand civilian liner
* [[Niagara (palace steamer)|''Niagara'' (palace steamer)]], a steamboat that sank on the Great Lakes in 1856
==Entertainment==
* [[Niagara (1953 film)|''Niagara'' (1953 film)]]
* [[Niagara (artist)]], an American singer and artist
* [[Niagara (board game)]], a Spiel des Jahres award-winning board game
* [[Niagara (band)]], a French rock band
==Other uses==
* [[Niagara (grape)]]
* [[Niagara University]] in Niagara County, New York
* [[Niagara College]] in Niagara Region, Ontario
* [[UltraSPARC T1]], a microprocessor codenamed Niagara.
* [[UltraSPARC T2]], a microprocessor codenamed Niagara II.
==References==
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==See also==
*[[Niagara Falls (disambiguation)]]
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