Erie

(îrˈē)

1. a. A Native American people formerly inhabiting the southern shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio, northwest Pennsylvania, and western New York. The Erie ceased to exist as a people after being defeated by the Iroquois in the mid-17th century.
   b. A member of this people.
2. The Iroquoian language of the Erie.

(îrˈē)

, Lake