Canadian Falls

短语

[网络] 加拿大瀑布；亦称加拿大瀑布

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    A waterfall in Niagara Falls, Niagara river, Niagara Peninsula, Niagara regional municipality, Niagara region, Ontario, Canada.

  2. 2.

    Former name of Shoshone Falls: a waterfall in the Snake River, Idaho, United States.

词源

Canadian+falls (waterfall). * (Niagara Falls): From being the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. * (Shoshone Falls): Coined by Canadian Roman Catholic Bishop Augustin-Magloire Blanchet in 1847. Blanchet, being from Canada, named the falls "Canadian Falls"

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