Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls is a popular, though often tacky and touristy honeymoon destination on the USA- border, approximately midway between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.
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  • Type: Waterfall
  • Description: three waterfalls that straddle the international border between Canada and the United States
  • Also known as: “An tEas Niagara”, “Atnalı Şelalesi”, “Các thác nước Niagra”, “Cadreitas d’o Niagara”, “Cascadele Niagara”, “Cascadele râului Niagara”, “Cataractes del Niàgara”, “Cataratas de Niagara”, “Chute de Niagara”, “Chutes de Niagara”, “Chutes Niagara”, “Date-car-sko-sase”, “Det-gah-skoh-ses”, “Falls of Niagara”, “Falls of Oniagara”, “fervenzas do Niágara”, “Ga-sko-sa-da”, “Kas-sko-so-wah-nah”, “Les catarates de niagara”, “Les Chutes du Niagara”, “Mga Busay Niagara”, “Niagara akvofalo”, “Niagara fallet”, “Niagara falls”, “Niagara şelaleleri”, “Niagara waterval”, “Niagara watervallen”, “Niagara 瀑布”, “Niagara-Fälle”, “Niagara-fallene”, “Niagara-watervallen”, “Niagarae cataracta”, “Niagarafaldene”, “Niagarafall”, “Niagarawaterval”, “Niagarski slap”, “Niagra Falakvo”, “Niagra Falls”, “Niagrafossar”, “Niyagara Çağlayanı”, “Tha-na-went-ha-go-weh”, “Thác Niagra”, “The Niagara Falls”, “The Niagra Falls”, “Καταρράκτες Νιαγάρα”, “Ниагара су құламасы”, “Ниагарские водопады”, “Ніагара”, “Ніаґара”, “Ніагарскі вадапад”, “Ніагарскі вадаспад”, “ნიაგარას ჩანჩქერი”, “מפלי הניאגרה”, “ניאגרא פאלס”, “נייאגרא”, “ابشار نیاگارا”, “ابشارهای نیاگارا”, “شلال نياجرا”, “شلالات نياجرا”, “شلالات نياقرا”, “نياگارا(هورس شو)”, “नायगारा धबधबे”, “नायाग्रा”, “निआग्रा जल प्रपात”, “नियाग्रा का जलप्रपात”, “नियाग्रा जल प्रपात”, “नियाग्रा जल-प्रपात”, “नियाग्रा जलप्रपात”, “நயகாரா நீர்வீழ்ச்சி”, “நயாகரா நீர்வீழ்ச்சி”, “நாயகரா நீர்வீழ்ச்சி”, “నయాగర జలపాతం”, “ನಯಾಗರಾ ಜಲಪಾತ”, “น้ำตกไนแองการา”, “ไนแอการา”, “ไนแองการา”, “ナイアガラ滝”, “ナイアガラ瀑布”, “尼亚伽拉瀑布”, “尼亞加拉大瀑布”, “尼亞瓜拉大瀑布”, “尼亞瓜拉瀑布”, “尼加拉大瀑布”, “尼加拉瀑布”, “尼加拉瓜大瀑布”, and “尼加拉瓜瀑布”
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Niagara Falls

Latitude of center
43.0823° or 43° 4′ 56″ north
Longitude of center
-79.0728° or 79° 4′ 22″ west
Elevation
502 feet (153 metres)
Geo­Names ID
5128722
Wiki­data ID
Q34221
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Niagara Falls” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Niagara-waterval”
  • Afrikaans: “Niagara-watervalle”
  • Albanian: “Ujëvarat e Niagarës”
  • Amharic: “ናያግራ ፏፏቴዎች”
  • Arabic: “شلالات نياجارا”
  • Arabic: “شلالات نياغارا”
  • Aragonese: “Cataractas d’o Niagara”
  • Armenian: “Նիագարայի ջրվեժ”
  • Asturian: “Catarates del Niágara”
  • Azerbaijani: “Niaqara şəlaləsi”
  • Bashkir: “Ниагара шарлауығы”
  • Basque: “Niagara ur-jauziak”
  • Basque: “Niagarako ur-jauziak”
  • Belarusian: “Ніягарскі вадаспад”
  • Bengali: “নায়াগ্রা জলপ্রপাত”
  • Bosnian: “Niagarini vodopadi”
  • Bosnian: “Nijagarini vodopadi”
  • Breton: “Lammoù-dour an Niagara”
  • Bulgarian: “Ниагара”
  • Bulgarian: “Ниагарски водопад”
  • Burmese: “နိုင်အာဂရာ ရေတံခွန်”
  • Catalan: “cascades del Niàgara”
  • Catalan: “Cascades del Niàgara”
  • Cebuano: “Niagara Falls”
  • Central Bikol: “Busay Niagara”
  • Central Kurdish: “تاڤگەکانی نیاگارا”
  • Chinese: “尼亚加拉瀑布”
  • Chinese: “尼亞加拉瀑布城”
  • Chuvash: “Ниагара”
  • Corsican: “cascati di u Niagara”
  • Croatian: “Slapovi Niagare”
  • Czech: “Niagarské vodopády”
  • Danish: “Niagaravandfaldene”
  • Dhivehi: “ނިއަގަރާ ފޯލް”
  • Dutch: “Niagarawatervallen”
  • Eastern Mari: “Ниагаре вӱдшуҥгалтыш”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شلالات نياجارا”
  • Esperanto: “Niagara Akvofalaro”
  • Esperanto: “Niagara Akvofaloj”
  • Estonian: “Niagara juga”
  • Faroese: “Niagarafossur”
  • Finnish: “Niagaran putoukset”
  • French: “chutes du Niagara”
  • French: “Chutes du Niagara”
  • Friulian: “Salts di aghe dal Niagara”
  • Galician: “cataratas do Niágara”
  • Galician: “Cataratas do Niágara”
  • Georgian: “ნიაგარა”
  • Georgian: “ნიაგარის ჩანჩქერი”
  • German: “Niagarafälle”
  • Greek: “Καταρράκτες του Νιαγάρα”
  • Hausa: “Niagara Falls”
  • Hawaiian: “Wailele ‘o Niakala”
  • Hawaiian: “Wailele ʻo Niakala”
  • Hebrew: “מפלי ניאגרה”
  • Hindi: “नायाग्रा जल प्रपात”
  • Hungarian: “Niagara-vízesés”
  • Icelandic: “Níagara-fossar”
  • Icelandic: “Níagarafossar”
  • Ido: “Katarakto di Niagara”
  • Indonesian: “Air terjun Niagara”
  • Indonesian: “Air Terjun Niagara”
  • Interlingua: “Cascadas de Niagara”
  • Irish: “Eas Niagara”
  • Italian: “cascate del Niagara”
  • Italian: “Cascate del Niagara”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Nayagra Faalz”
  • Japanese: “ナイアガラの滝”
  • Javanese: “Niagara”
  • Kabiyè: “Niyagara lɩmfalɩyɛ”
  • Kannada: “ನಯಾಗರ ಜಲಪಾತ”
  • Kazakh: “Ниагара сарқырамасы”
  • Kirghiz: “Ниагара шаркыратмасы”
  • Korean: “나이아가라 폭포”
  • Kurdish: “Avşara Niagara”
  • Lao: “ນ້ຳຕົກຕາດນີອາກາລາ”
  • Latin: “Aquae cadentes Niagarenses”
  • Latvian: “Niagāras ūdenskritums”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Cascades Niagara”
  • Literary Chinese: “尼亞加拉瀑布”
  • Lithuanian: “Niagaros krioklys”
  • Luxembourgish: “Niagarafäll”
  • Macedonian: “Нијагарски Водопади”
  • Malay: “Air Terjun Niagara”
  • Malayalam: “നയാഗ്ര വെള്ളച്ചാട്ടം”
  • Marathi: “नायगारा धबधबा”
  • Marathi: “नायाग्रा धबधबा”
  • Mazanderani: “نیاگارا(هورس شو)”
  • Mazanderani: “نیاگارا”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Niagara Chúi-chhiâng”
  • Mingrelian: “ნიაგარაშ წყარგელაფუ”
  • Mirandese: “Cachones de l Niágara”
  • Mongolian: “Ниагар хүрхрээ”
  • Mongolian: “Ниагара хүрхрээ”
  • Nepali: “नायगरा फल्स”
  • Nepali: “नायाग्रा झरना”
  • Newari: “नायाग्रा झ्वाला”
  • Northern Frisian: “Niagara Weederfaaler”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Niagarafallene”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Niagarafalla”
  • Norwegian: “Niagarafallene”
  • Ossetian: “Ниагарæ”
  • Panjabi: “ਨਿਆਗਰਾ ਝਰਨਾ”
  • Persian: “آبشار نیاگارا”
  • Persian: “آبشارهای نیاگارا”
  • Polish: “Niagara”
  • Portuguese: “Cataratas do Niágara”
  • Romanian: “Cascada Niagara”
  • Russian: “Ниагарский водопад”
  • Samogitian: “Niagaras kriuoklīs”
  • Sardinian: “Ispèndulas de su Niagara”
  • Scots: “Niagara Faws”
  • Serbian: “Нијагарини водопади”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Slapovi Niagare”
  • Sicilian: “Cascati dû Niagara”
  • Sindhi: “نياگرا آبشار”
  • Slovak: “Niagarské vodopády”
  • Slovenian: “Niagarski slapovi”
  • Somali: “Biyo-dhaca Niagara”
  • South Azerbaijani: “نیاقارا شلاله سی”
  • South Azerbaijani: “نیاقارا شلاله‌لری”
  • Spanish: “Cataratas del Niágara”
  • Swahili: “Maporomoko ya Niagara”
  • Swedish: “Niagarafallen”
  • Tagalog: “Talon ng Niagara”
  • Tamil: “நயாகரா அருவி”
  • Tatar: “Ниагара шарлавыгы”
  • Telugu: “నయాగరా జలపాతం”
  • Thai: “น้ำตกไนแอการา”
  • Turkish: “Niagara Şelaleleri”
  • Turkish: “Niagara Şelalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Ніагарський водоспад”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Niagaraske wodopady”
  • Urdu: “نیاگرا آبشار”
  • Uzbek: “Niagara sharsharasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Thác Niagara”
  • Võro: “Niagara viisadang”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Busay Niagara”
  • Welsh: “Rhaeadr Niagara”
  • Western Frisian: “Niagarawetterfal”
  • Western Frisian: “Niagarawetterfallen”
  • Western Panjabi: “نیاگرا”
  • Wu Chinese: “尼亚加拉瀑布”
  • Yakut: “Ниагара Фолс”
  • Yiddish: “ניאגארא פאלס”
  • Yue Chinese: “尼亞加拉瀑布”

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