Erie

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tribe of Native Americans.
name
  1. A lake in Canada and the United States, 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.

Pronunciation

/ˈɪɹi/ En-us-eerie.ogg /ˈɪɚi/ /ˈiɹi/ /ˈɪəɹi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Erie.wav /ˈiɹɪ/ /ˈi.ɹe/ /ˈiəɹi/

Word forms

Erie

Etymology

Etymology tree French Ériébor. English Erie From French Érié, from the shortening of 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).

Synonyms

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