NIAGARA RIVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Niagara River mean? 

• NIAGARA RIVER (noun)
  The noun NIAGARA RIVER has 1 sense:

1. a river flowing from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario; forms boundary between Ontario and New York

  Familiarity information: NIAGARA RIVER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NIAGARA RIVER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A river flowing from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario; forms boundary between Ontario and New York

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Niagara; Niagara River

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Meronyms (parts of "Niagara River"):

Niagara; Niagara Falls (waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls; in the United States it is the American Falls)

Holonyms ("Niagara River" is a part of...):

Canada (a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada)

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)