Niagara

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From an Iroquoian language; compare Mohawk ohnyá:kara'(“neck of land”). The name of the tribe which resided in the area was recorded on early maps as Onguiarahronon or Niagagarega. [1]


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Niagara

waterfall from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, from a town name, perhaps from an Iroquoian language and meaning "a neck" (between two bodies of water); general sense of "a cataract, torrent" is attested from 1841; meaning " 'shower' of ringlets (true or false) in women's hair" is from 1864, also known as cataract curls.