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Niagara

neye-AG-ruh
noun
1
A powerful, overwhelming flow or outpouring of something, likened to a waterfall.
"A niagara of complaints poured into the company's inbox after the price hike."

How to Use Niagara

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In plain EnglishA huge, unstoppable-seeming flood or torrent of something, used figuratively.

Word Forms

Niagaraed past tense, Niagaras plural, Niagaras singular

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Etymology

From Niagara Falls, the famous waterfall on the border of Canada and the United States, whose name comes from an Iroquoian word meaning roughly "neck of land."

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