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Erie1 definition

Erie (ir′ē)

noun pl. Eries or Erie

a member of an Iroquoian North American Indian people that lived in an area east and southeast of Lake Erie

Etymology: see Erie

Erie2 definition

Erie (ir′ē)

  1. port on Lake Erie, in NW Pa.: pop. 104,000
  2. one of the Great Lakes, between Lake Huron & Lake Ontario: 9,940 sq mi (25,745 sq km)

Etymology: NAmFr Erie, Erié < Huron name of the village called Rigué by the Iroquois

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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