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NIAGARA RIVER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A river flowing from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario; forms boundary between Ontario and New York
Synonyms:
Niagara; Niagara River
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
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)