Waterfalls Iguazu, Iguassu Falls, or Iguaçu Falls (Portuguese: Cataratas do Iguaçu, (kataɾatɐz du igwasu); Spanish: Cataratas del Iguazú, [kataɾatas del iɣwasu) is the name of the waterfall located on the Iguazu River on the border of the state of Paraná in Brazil and the province of Misiones in Argentina. The falls divide the river into the top and bottom.
Iguazu name is derived from the Guarani or Tupi language y (IPA: [ɨ]) (water) and ûasú (IPA: [wa'su]) (large). Legend has it that the gods wanted to marry a woman named Naipí, who then went with her lover Tarobá by canoe. The gods became angry and split the river thus create a waterfall and they both fell into it. The first European to discover the waterfall was named the Spanish explorer Alvar Núñez Cabeza Conquistador de Vaca in 1541, which is also dedicated to the name of the waterfall on the Argentina side. This waterfall and then rediscovered by Boselli at the end of the 19th century, and one of the names of other waterfalls on the Argentina side is taken from the name.
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