Erie

//ˈɪɹi// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A tribe of Native Americans. plural, plural-only
  2. 2
    a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Lake Erie, one of the Great Lakes of North America.
  2. 2
    A small city, the county seat of Neosho County, Kansas, United States.
  3. 3
    A city, the county seat of Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  4. 4
    Any of a number of other places in North America; see Erie (disambiguation) at Wikipedia.

Synonyms

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lake erie

Example

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"Lake Erie is known for seiches, especially when strong winds blow from southwest to northeast. In 1844, a 22-foot seiche breached a 14-foot-high sea wall killing 78 people and damming the ice to the extent that Niagara Falls temporarily stopped flowing."

Etymology

From an Erie word rendered in French as Erieehronon, Eriechronon, and Riquéronon and said to mean “long tail” or “long-tailed”, in reference to the eastern cougar (Puma concolor cougar).

Related phrases

Erie CountyFort ErieLake Eriecounty seaterie countygreat lakesnative americanneosho countynorth america

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