The names that repeat describe how water falls rather than where. A bridal veil is a thin, wide, translucent sheet over a cliff, usually a horsetail or fan type on a modest stream. Rainbow Falls is any fall that throws enough spray at the right angle to the afternoon sun. Horseshoe describes a curved crest. Devil's, as a prefix, is an old way of saying the pool below will kill you. Seven Sisters, Twin and Triple count the drops. Grand, Great and High are what settlers called the biggest one in the district before anyone measured it.
Our guide to waterfall names covers the local words, from foss to tad. This page is about the English repeats, as they stand in the index today.
Bridalveil
Bridalveil Fall (United States, 189 m); Bridal Veil Falls (Salazie) (France, 500 m); Bridal Veil Falls (New Zealand, 55 m).
Rainbow
Rainbow Falls (Far North District) (New Zealand, 27 m); Rainbow Falls (North Carolina) (United States, height unrecorded); Rainbow Falls (British Columbia) (Canada, height unrecorded).
Virginia
Virginia Falls (Canada, 96 m); Virginia Cascades (United States, height unrecorded).
Elephant
Elephant Falls (India, 30 m); Elephant Waterfalls (Vietnam, height unrecorded).
Boundary
Boundary Falls (New South Wales) (Australia, height unrecorded); Boundary Falls (British Columbia) (Canada, height unrecorded).
Eagle
Eagle Falls (Snohomish County) (United States, height unrecorded); Eagle Falls (Western Australia) (Australia, height unrecorded).
The full set is on the repeated names list, and grows as the index does.
