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Niagara


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PRONUNCIATION:

(ny-AG-ruh, ny-AG-uhr-uh)

MEANING:

noun: An outpouring; a deluge.

ETYMOLOGY:

After the Niagara river which forms the Niagara Falls, a group of three massive waterfalls, between the US and Canada. Earliest documented use: 1800.

USAGE:

“The sight of the eyes triggered something -- something massive. A Niagara of memory came thundering back.”
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, and R.L. Stine; Gaslighted; Simon & Schuster; 2014.

See more usage examples of Niagara in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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