Editing Niagara Falls (section)

==Toponymy==
Theories differ as to the origin of the name of the falls. The [[Native American languages|Native American]] word ''Ongiara'' means ''thundering water'';<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[Tampa Bay Times]]
   |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1995/05/14/honeymoon-not-over
   |title=Honeymoon not over |date=May 14, 1995}}</ref> [[The New York Times]] used this in 1925.<ref name=Thundering/> According to [[Iroquois|Iroquoian]] scholar [[Bruce Trigger]], ''Niagara'' is derived from the name given to a branch of the local native [[Neutral Nation|Neutral Confederacy]], who are described as the ''Niagagarega'' people on several late-17th-century French maps of the area.<ref>Bruce Trigger, ''The Children of Aataentsic'' ([[McGill-Queen's University Press]], Kingston and Montreal, 1987, {{ISBN|0-7735-0626-8}}), p. 95.</ref> According to [[George R. Stewart]], it comes from the name of an Iroquois town called ''Onguiaahra'', meaning "point of land cut in two".<ref>[[George R. Stewart|Stewart, George R.]] (1967) ''Names on the Land.'' Boston: [[Houghton Mifflin Company]]; p. 83.</ref> In 1847, an Iroquois interpreter stated that the name came from ''Jaonniaka-re'', meaning "noisy point or portage".<ref>{{Cite book
  |last=Delâge |first=Denys |title=Aboriginality and Governance: A Multidisciplinary Approach
  |publisher=Theytus Books |year=2006 |isbn=1894778243 |editor-last=Christie |editor-first=Gordon
  |location=[[Penticton Indian Reserve]], [[British Columbia]]
  |pages=28 |chapter=Aboriginal Influence on the Canadians and French at the time of New France}}</ref>  To [[Mohawk people|Mohawks]], the name refers to "the neck", pronounced "onyara"; the portage or neck of land between lakes Erie and Ontario ''onyara''.<ref>[[Henry Schoolcraft|Schoolcraft, Henry R.]] (1847) ''Notes on the Iroquois.'' pp. 453–454.</ref> The modern [[Seneca language|Seneca]] name is Jo’sgöhsodö’, meaning "the cliffs are standing."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://senecalanguage.com/wp-content/uploads/Seneca-Language-Learning-Map-Level-One-2013-1.pdf|title=Onödowa’ga:’ Gawë:nö’|publisher=Seneca Language Department}}</ref>