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Erie

//ˈɪɹi// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
Lake Erie, one of the Great Lakes of North America.
2
A small city, the county seat of Neosho County, Kansas, United States.
3
A city, the county seat of Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States.
4
Any of a number of other places in North America; see Erie (disambiguation) at Wikipedia.

Noun

1
A tribe of Native Americans. plural, plural-only
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

Etymology

Etymology 1

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).

Etymology 2

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).

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