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Definitions: Niagara Falls |
Niagara FallsNoun1. Waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls; in the United States it is the American Falls. 2. A city in western New York State at the falls of the Niagara river; tourist attraction and honeymoon resort. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Niagara FallsSynonym: Niagara (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The Falls drop about 170 feet although the American Falls have a clear drop of only 70 feet before reaching a jumble of rocks at its base. The American Falls are 1060 feet wide and the Canadian Falls are about 2600 feet wide. There is nighttime illumination of both falls from Canada.
A portion (50% to 75%) of the river's flow is diverted from the visible waterfall to hydroelectric turbines that supply power to nearby areas of the United States and Canada.
Ships go around Niagara Falls by means of the Welland Canal (see Saint Lawrence Seaway).
The area immediately around the falls includes the cities of Niagara Falls, Ontario and Niagara Falls, New York.
An upstream ice jam stopped almost all water flow over Niagara Falls on March 29, 1848.
On January 2, 1929 Canada and the United States reached an agreement on an action plan to preserve the Falls.
There is a memorial of Nikola Tesla at Niagara Falls. Tesla was the first to harness the falls into electrical energy.
The Buffalo Niagara International Airport in Buffalo, New York was named after the waterfall.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Niagara Falls."
Crosswords: Niagara Falls |
| English words defined with "Niagara Falls": American Falls ♦ buffalo ♦ Canadian Falls ♦ Horseshoe Falls ♦ Niagara period. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Niagara Falls": 14301, 14303, 14304, 14305. (references) |
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Screenplays | He wants to go to the Riviera but I kinda lean towards Niagara Falls. (Some Like It Hot; writing credit: Robert Thoeren; M. Logan) Something borrowed, something blue, old, new. Rice and old shoes, carry you over the threshold, Niagara Falls, all the silly tripe I've made fun of for years. (Arsenic and Old Lace; writing credit: Ryuzo Kikushima; Akira Kurosawa) It tosses the sandbags overboard so the balloon can soar. Suddenly I'm above the ordinary. I'm competent. I'm walking a tightrope over Niagara Falls. I'm one of the great ones. (The Lost Weekend; writing credit: Charles Brackett) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Niagara Falls (1967) Prince Henry (of Prussia) at Niagara Falls (1902) Circular Panorama of Niagara Falls (1901) Niagara Falls Captain Nissen Going Through Whirlpool Rapids (1901) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Niagara Falls as seen during Shoals Lidar survey of Niagara River.Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Bird's-eye view of Fort Marion and city gates, St. Augustine, Florida] / Barker, photographer, Niagara Falls, N.Y.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Partly frozen falls, Niagara Falls, New York, with two photographers in front of frozen mass.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | View of Niagara Falls.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Bridge to Goat Island, Niagara Falls, N.Y.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Niagara Falls from Goat Island, N.Y.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Rapids at Niagara Falls, New York.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Niagara Falls, New York.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Roy's, business at Main and South Sts., Niagara Falls, New York. Exterior, day.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Niagara Falls.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Oscar Wilde | Niagara Falls is only the second biggest disappointment of the standard honeymoon. |
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1. Niagara Falls, NY (city, FIPS 51055) 2. Niagara Falls , Canada |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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| Language | Translations for "Niagara Falls"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | niagara (Niagara). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ниагарският водопад. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | niagarské vodopády. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καταρράκτησ του νιαγάρα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | niagara vízesés. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iagaranay allsfay ниагара (niagara). (various references) nijagarini vodopadi. (various references) niagara vattenfallen. (various references) niyagara şelalesi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-a-f-g-i-l-l-n-r-s" | |
-3 letters: franglais, rainfalls. | |
-4 letters: analgias, angarias, rainfall. | |
-5 letters: agnails, analgia, angaria, argalas, argalis, falling, farinas, flaring, infalls, lasagna, raglans, sangria. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 69 61 67 61 72 61 46 61 6C 6C 73 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01101001 01100001 01100111 01100001 01110010 01100001 00100000 01000110 01100001 01101100 01101100 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N i a g a r a   F a l l s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0069 0061 0067 0061 0072 0061 0046 0061 006C 006C 0073 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4875677367846724067787885 |
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