Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

niagara

niagara , noun

[from the famous water falls.]

lower case

A large flow, used figuratively.

Niagara , proper noun

A large waterfall on the Niagara River near Buffalo remarkable for the volume and constancy of the water flowing over it. That part of the waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls; the U. S. portion is called the American Falls.

Also: Niagara Falls

Niagara , proper noun

A river flowing from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario, which forms the boundary between Ontario and New York.

Also: Niagara River